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>From: A.G.Poole@newcastle.ac.uk (Ford (Alex Poole))
Subject: Re: A/C launches w/o cats
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rcm@mtuxo.att.com (R Craig Montero) writes:



>From: rcm@mtuxo.att.com (R Craig Montero)
>One item to add to the discussion on launching A/C without using catapults.
>The F14 has a theoritical takeoff roll on the order of 900' (~277m). Thus,
>given a flight deck of 1000+' (308+m), a Tomcat could make it off the deck.
>There was at least one attempt to try this fairly early in the life cycle of
>the F14 (which was less than successful).

OK, so its possible... would YOU like to try it??? Its bad enough *with* the catapult!!

Ford
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