allegedly they did some kind of ski jump ramp or something that they bodged on for their jets.
That's not actually that unusual - it's not as effective as a steam catapult, but still lets you launch more heavily laden aircraft from the too-short runway of an aircraft carrier.
That's not actually that unusual - it's not as effective as a steam catapult, but still lets you launch more heavily laden aircraft from the too-short runway of an aircraft carrier.