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

hope someone knows.......

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DLH ship-to-shore mail flights -

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 .

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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).