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-In WW2, they actually flew B-25s off a small aircraft carrier weighted down with bombs and fuel by turning into the wind and going full speed ahead.[/QUOTE]
A freind of my Dad's was on a battleship during Korea, and said the whole convoy (aircraft carrier and escort ships) would turn into the wind to launch planes. He knew his battleship could turn about 38 knots, and he claimed that while launching the carriers would blow by them doing about 45-50 knots and then slow down so they could catch up.
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