New Catapult For Aircraft Carriers Is Demonstrated

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keywords: naval r&d, aircraft carrier development, steam-powered catapult test

Synopsis: A British-Built catapult driven by steam is tested first using a heavy dead weight, then a pilotless plane and finally a piloted plane which allows Aircraft Carriers the ability to launch prop planes as well as jet aircraft even while anchored offshore or in a port...(read more)

Date: 1952
Duration: 00:00:49
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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New Catapult For Aircraft Carriers Is Demonstrated

New British Catapult For Aircraft Carriers Is Demonstrated

British carrier at sea demonstrates new catapult that can get aircraft aloft even while ship is at anchor. Film shows various stages of tests, from dead weight and pilotless plane which were designed to test the strength of the seam-driven catapult and then crash into the ocean to jets of the future taking off and taking the carrier battlegroup into the modern era.