[ILUG] [way OT] Word 2003 problems...

[Paul Jakma]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Niall O Broin wrote:

> They had taking off gear, which was jettisoned on take off and 
> reused for some other poor schmuck.

They did??

I think you're confusing the kamikaze's (who used a variety of 
planes) with the german Me-263 rocket powered interceptor:

 	http://www.world-war-2.info/aircraft/aircraft_70.php

whose main gear consisted of a dolly which was jettisoned shortly 
after take-off.

Also, the British fitted catapult-launched fighters (Hurricanes) to 
some merchant ships:

 	http://www.aviation-history.com/hawker/hurrcane.html

in an effort to provide some measure of air protection for convoys, 
as the germans had a rather spiffy long-range bomber, the Focke-Wulf 
Condor (developed in the 30s under guise of a civil aviation 
airliner), which could range far out into the atlantic..

These Hurricanes still had landing gear though, though that wasn't 
much use if they weren't launched close to land - the pilot would 
have to ditch near a ship and be picked up.

No Linux computers were harmed during the making of WWII.

regards,
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