Originally Posted By: Tim
Originally Posted By: gbeer
http://historicflight.org/hf/collection/tigercat/

The towbar on the front kind of surprised me, since I assumed catapult assisted launches were more recent than WWII (I did know they were used in Vietnam). Turns out carriers were using catapults since 1912. I guess you learn something new every day.


So many WW2 fighters were taildraggers - a bit difficult to launch by catapult.
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Glenn