stange bird.........

[Airborn511]

Anyone know what this is?
Appearantly my gandfather took this pic........

hope someone knows.......

Air

[Felix/FFDS]

DLH ship-to-shore mail flights -

[Airborn511]

Hey Felix.............
thanks for the info........
I think that  my mom was on that ship when she was a kid.She went from the US to Germany with her folks.....
I'll have to see if I can get any more info from her.......
that is a photograph that I have that someone in my family took way back when......
Thanks .

Air

[Felix/FFDS]

Excellent find - the other photos on  the web show the airplane on the catapult, but not the moment of launch!

[Jared]

Amazing! A photo with an excellent history! :-)

[beaky]

Terrific photo. Anybody know how those old-time cats were powered? Steam, like the modern ones? I'd imagine they were nowhere near as powerful, even to launch a big 'un like that, considering the lower airspeed required for flight.

[TacitBlue]

That picture is great, a real piece of history. You should have it framed.

[ozzy72]

Fantastic photo, some serious history. So err who is making it and suitable scenery for us to try our hands at it?

[Felix/FFDS]

Terrific photo. Anybody know how those old-time cats were powered? Steam, like the modern ones? I'd imagine they were nowhere near as powerful, even to launch a big 'un like that, considering the lower airspeed required for flight.

Usually they were cartridge powered.  Basically, you were (literally) SHOT off the catapult.

[chomp_rock]

Do you have the negatives for that photo? If so you should have it re-printed and touched up, its a real piece of history! If you don't I'm sure most photo shops can scan it in at a very high resolution, touch it up and print it out.

[beaky]

Usually they were cartridge powered.  Basically, you were (literally) SHOT off the catapult.

I see... like the first ejection seats. Ouch! Funny that they didn't try steam; there'd be plenty available on those old coal-burners (unless it was diesel- seems unlikely, though).