U.S. Navy Tests New Surveillance Plane
 

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what a brave soul

AHAHAHAHAHA :D:up:
Terrific!

Hehe. Funny. But it's obvious that that photo was taken a loooong time ago.

Mabye not real?

Ah yes, that's one of those low flying ones that doubles as a sub.:up:

It's too bad they couldn't crank up the power on the catapult all the way... If they did, it would have ripped the car in half.

Hey uh wild rose, signature is kinda massive there dude

you sure it wasn't some daredevil stunt?

So is the game tommorrow nite dude. But don't worry, it will be gone afterwards.

Can't let the cup go to Canada!!! Nooooooooooo.......

Is that an LTD?

Oh christ you Canadians and your hockey
I'll never understand

I'm guessing it is, when in the test phase of the carriers they launch all kinds stuff off the flight decks, usually they launch sleds that have the same weight as the airplanes that they will be launching. They do this to dial in the specific force needed to launch the plane with the catapult.

I've seen them launch other things too, just never a car though:blah:

Being Ex-Navy, I can fill you in:
They used to test the catapult capacities with old cars, but now use reuseable, floating projectiles.
It's been said that a steam catapult can launch a late 60's model Cadillac 3 miles.

If the car weren't torn to pieces in the process, that is...

and they spend billions on the military budget when they could launch an old rusty car that far!!!

Funny picture. :blah:

Yeh, they should have goten an audiance together and made it into a sport, its kinda like "The Welly fling" but with cars...