Airship that launched AND RECOVERED planes

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Airship that launched AND RECOVERED planes

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here" ... The airship was fast enough that the planes could match speeds with it in order to hook onto the trapeze again after a flight: there was no need for catapult launch, heavy arrester gear and jolting landings ..."
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Chris,
Explain to me why these plane's covers needed to be replaced?
Merci, M. Bowlie

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Bowlie wrote:Explain to me why these plane's covers needed to be replaced?
mercy, mercy Mister Bowlie.
It is a typo.
Rehoovered - the pilots used to :barf: a lot in those days ....
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There are some incredibly "weird" crafts around. The Russian Ekranoplan has some amazing capabilities, and an equally amazing secrecy record throughout the cold war. I think the industry terminology is "security through 'who gives a :censored:' " :grin:

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AlanMiller wrote: 'who gives a :censored:'
Well, I dunno. It'd be great for the commute from Shark's Bay to Innisfail, instead of going around the coast!
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