"John Keeney" wrote in message
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What I saw, they used a catapult. They showed a fair amount
of footage hooking them up and talked about the rate they
launched them; I don't recall the number but I was impressed
and though it compared favorably with modern carrier ops.


If they showed it I accept it. "Wings" has a lot of good footage, but the
narration tends to be rather poor. The narrator frequently refers to the 50
millimeter machine guns on US aircraft of WWII.