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Uploaded by Author109 on Aug 19, 2007
Various clips of aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier during World War II
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A lot of non carrier planes were launched from carriers, they just didnt land back onboard! :-)
vetitoe362 4 months ago
B24's???? Hopefully that's just a typo, since they were B25's.
widetrackcat 5 months ago
@slrman Remember that Doolittle's raiders all launched from a carrier in B-24's. Not carrier based or designed aircraft.
raptorcat61 5 months ago
@looneycrewvideos the small escort carriers had a small catapult to get the planes off not like today with the Nimitz class carriers
SgtGrant23 8 months ago
@looneycrewvideos They don't have catapaults, they just hold the brakes and rev the engine then let go and hopefully the aircraft is up to speed to take off by the end of the runway not too far ahead. They hve wires however.
joehsu7 10 months ago
in ww2 did they use wires to slow down and catapaults to take off?
looneycrewvideos 11 months ago
@AirlineWiz My Grandpa may have repaired that Hellcat
Davis4037 1 year ago
my grandpa flew a F6F Hellcat
AirlineWiz 1 year ago
well, watch and see how it's done then...
mdwhite64 1 year ago
well, congratulations then...
Robert85435 2 years ago
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A lot of non carrier planes were launched from carriers, they just didnt land back onboard! :-)
vetitoe362 4 months ago
B24's???? Hopefully that's just a typo, since they were B25's.
widetrackcat 5 months ago
@slrman Remember that Doolittle's raiders all launched from a carrier in B-24's. Not carrier based or designed aircraft.
raptorcat61 5 months ago
@looneycrewvideos the small escort carriers had a small catapult to get the planes off not like today with the Nimitz class carriers
SgtGrant23 8 months ago
@looneycrewvideos They don't have catapaults, they just hold the brakes and rev the engine then let go and hopefully the aircraft is up to speed to take off by the end of the runway not too far ahead. They hve wires however.
joehsu7 10 months ago
in ww2 did they use wires to slow down and catapaults to take off?
looneycrewvideos 11 months ago
@AirlineWiz My Grandpa may have repaired that Hellcat
Davis4037 1 year ago
my grandpa flew a F6F Hellcat
AirlineWiz 1 year ago
well, watch and see how it's done then...
mdwhite64 1 year ago
well, congratulations then...
Robert85435 2 years ago