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Landing A Plane on a Boat

January 19th, 2012

Today, aircraft carriers and the planes they transport play a vital role in country’s military might.   However, have you ever given any thought to the first brave soul that attempted to take off and land a plane aboard a boat?  It takes a courageous or perhaps very crazy individual to try it…..

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