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Re: Surreal moment
Posted by Martin Keenan on Thu Nov 27, 2003 07:57:39 AM
In reply top Surreal moment posted by Scott WRG Editor on Thu Nov 27, 2003 05:50:15 AM
There was what was possibly an even more surreal moment in 1979, when Britain retired the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal".
I remember seeing on the news all of the crew on deck, while the wardroom piano was fired off the deck by the steam catapult. A very bizarre moment.
Martin
: I just saw the weirdest video on PBS. They were showing a
: film of British Catapult trials and they were flinging unp
: iloted Seafires (maybe Fireflys) off the end of this heavi
: ly modified carrier. The aircraft had no outer wing and we
: re running at full throttle, launching vainly into the air
: before stalling and smacking into the sea.
:
: Considering the value of these aircraft today (though at t
: he time they weren't valuable) it was definately strange s
: eeing them used in this way
:
: Scott