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Old 10-01-2008, 03:25 PM   #1
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Old 10-01-2008, 03:32 PM   #3
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strange, working for me....

ok, i see now, hang on....
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Old 10-01-2008, 03:37 PM   #5
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Old 10-01-2008, 03:38 PM   #6
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dunno, i've heard stories of carriers doing this sort of thing from time to time
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dont get it lol
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Old 10-01-2008, 03:43 PM   #11
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Old 10-01-2008, 03:43 PM   #12
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LOL.

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Some statistics.

The old steam powered catapults could flick 'em out 0-265 kh/h in 2 seconds.... yep 2 seconds in a distance of 90 metres.

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Old 10-01-2008, 09:05 PM   #18
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damn thats quick looks like the boys were bored but it should have been a crappydoor not an old ford but then in saying that maybe the crappydoor might of rusted away before they had time to launch it
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damn thats quick looks like the boys were bored but it should have been a crappydoor not an old ford but then in saying that maybe the crappydoor might of rusted away before they had time to launch it
The cable would have pulled straight through :hihi:
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0 to 265 in 2 seconds thats gotta hurt :
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They generally used block of weights of the odd car when testing the catapult system just after the building the carrier.
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thats one hell of a noicee track but i dont like the emergance stoppin area
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LOL is that the nos jag from that top gear episode where the launch it off an aircraft carrier ?
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Does it look like a Jag? And does it look like some pommy crapbox aircraft carrier?
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Heres a self propelled one :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpUMSarCSQw
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I've always been curious about this pic too, so here's the result of 5 minutes hard research!

The aircraft carrier launching a car is the USS ENTERPRISE. It was for a fund raiser. The sailors get to use a sledge hammer on the car for a buck then we launch it. The proceeds go to either MWR or NMCRF.

The ship was the USS Enterprise, and we were leaving Subic Bay for the last time before an extended yard period. It was in late 1978.

It was a car that the Enterprise Weapons Department used to drive around Olongapo. In 1978 as the ship was leaving the PI to return to the States for an extended overhaul. The vehicle was no longer needed and was given a "burial at sea".

It was a 1963 Plymouth Savoy. it had the name of our division officers favorite sailor (Oliphant) on it as the pilot.

This picture is taken from the cruise book for the Enterprise WETPAC '78 cruise. I'm in a second picture in the book. The stories above are correct. It was the parts car for Heavy - 1, the Vigilante squadran. And they were being decomisioned upon return to CONUS. It was a POS so none of the other squadrans would buy it. This idea was thought up where all good ideas are thought up - in the Subic Bay O club. When this pic came out with the terrorist quote, I was able to hook up on line with the then LTJG who thought it up and sold it to the Big E skipper, after everone else in the chain of comand said no. The Skipper said do it! What Balls.
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This picture has been making the rounds all over the internet, and the interesting part for me is that I was on the Enterprise when this car was shot off the catapult. They set this up to give the kids a thrill during the "Tiger Cruise," which was an opportunity for the kids of the sailors onboard the ship to cruise back with us from Pearl Harbor to Oakland. The car they used was a '61 Plymouth which belonged to the Marine Corps detachment on the ship; it was their duty vehicle in the Philippines whenever we pulled into Subic Bay. They decided since the thing didn't even run anymore that they would gut it, take it home with us and launch it off the flight deck. I got to see it in person. This was the cruise I made in '78, shortly after Mindy & I got married. I have the same photo in my cruise book; the caption reads, "Now launch the alert Plymouth!"
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I hope the fund raiser was a success..
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damn thats quick looks like the boys were bored but it should have been a crappydoor not an old ford but then in saying that maybe the crappydoor might of rusted away before they had time to launch it
oops my bad looks like a ford rear end maybe a xp or xt rear end but what would i know i wear glasses
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