Thursday, March 1, 2012
"Runway? I Doan Need No Steenkin' Runway!"
Once it became clear to the planners that airfields would more likely be hit with ballistic missiles than manned bombers/attack aircraft, the zero-length launch concept was abandoned.
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airplanes,
the past is so over
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And what good would the lowered gear do in that location?
It was probably easier to build transit clamps to hold the gear, rather than have to build a cradle to support the entire airframe.
Is that your 'cup of tea' comrade?
Whoo Whee!
w3ski
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