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Originally Posted by Platapus
Besides at 30kts and a thousand feet of runway, would WWII aircraft even need a catapult?
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Not if it still had the High octane gas which actually enabled Doolittle to get his hastily lightened 'Lame Ducks' off the decks after turning into the stiff wind at top speed. A recent history channel show on a carrier painted simulation runway revealed how important the octane gas was to the whole scheme. That fuel is not made these days.
