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.

3 comments:

  1. And what good would the lowered gear do in that location?

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  2. It was probably easier to build transit clamps to hold the gear, rather than have to build a cradle to support the entire airframe.

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  3. Is that your 'cup of tea' comrade?
    Whoo Whee!
    w3ski

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