Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL the air force experimented with bouncy landing runways to eliminate the weight of landing gear.www.usni.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down12
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkTIL the air force experimented with bouncy landing runways to eliminate the weight of landing gear.www.usni.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 hours ago new concepts have to be evaluated, and we had learned a great deal about that one. I had made seven wheels up landings—six of them intentionally. Vice Admiral Engen (U.S. Navy test pilot)
Vice Admiral Engen (U.S. Navy test pilot)