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Yeah it looked like the video was shot in a valley with the mountain on the otherside. I guess thats exactly the reason why carriers launch into the wind? So the plane doesn't have to physically be moving? Just the air has to be moving fast enough over the wings to produce lift?

This is too cool.
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