Saturday, June 6, 2020

Finnish Air Force practicing takeoffs from a highway

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  1. It's a good thing it's not the NJ Turnpike where you have to have EasyPass.

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  2. More MIC idolatry.

    I find it disgusting.

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    1. Gee I think we've discovered an offended Quaker.

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    2. MartinFromGermanyJune 6, 2020 at 9:58 AM

      This is nothing new: the Germans did this already in the early 1940s; namely using highways as improvised landing strips. Every Air Force worth its salt has been doing these exercises ever since. Simple technology, but great men behind it.

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    3. Then it is simple, quite coming here to get offended ya moron.

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  3. They don't need much runway do they?

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  4. The Swiss are geniuses at making use of existing infrastructure for dual civilian and military purposes. And if you look at certain American divided highways you will discover that sections of them are completely paved and have dividers that are quickly removable. The sections are wide enough for heavy transport aircraft and have no overhead obstructions, overpasses, light poles, signs, etc.

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  5. IIRC, part of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 creating todays interstate highway system mandated that sections be designed for such use be it for emergency landings or national defense.

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    1. True enough comment about our I'State highways. Going back to 1919, Ike had a keen interest in such doings. In was then that Lt. Col Eisenhower led the "Transcontinental Motor Convoy" from DC to the West Coast. Started out from the Elipse in front of the White House. In post-war Germany he gained further appreciation of modern highways systems.

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