WWII Catapult unearthed

[MARU 5137]

World War Two experimental catapult unearthed by archaeologists - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-67052782

 

Remarkable  find I think.

History keeps revealing and unearthing past relics which are fascinating to read about.

 

 

 

[PanzerWomble]

Yeah sure Maru  ...aircraft catapult ......my ears ....thats a UFO landing pad for when the lizard people came in 1941. ...Harwell went on to be the centre for anti gravity ...the Nuclear Science government lab . 

Even today the saucer is still there , visible on Google earth. 

 

[MARU 5137]

    

 

Immediate reaction to your post was to laugh out instantly.   Oh Goodness  !!

 

[PanzerWomble]

I know Harwell as it's just down the road from us ( that photo actually is the campus) , but the catapult was a new one . Can't imagine trying to catapult a fully laden Lanc, they struggled at the best of times. 

[towerpower]

1 hour ago, PanzerWomble said:

I know Harwell as it's just down the road from us ( that photo actually is the campus) , but the catapult was a new one . Can't imagine trying to catapult a fully laden Lanc, they struggled at the best of times. 

And besides that item, i wouldn't want to sit in such an aircraft being launched while the main gear tracks are moving along a very very narrow path, so with the possibility of running off those tracks without a guiding system (with only the sling pulling on the bomber) would be a disaster in the making.........just my two p's

[Martinnfb]

Amazing, I had no idea that this was even considered as a possibility at the time. Thank you for sharing Maru.