The 1942 Doolittle raid on Tokyo is a fascinating story of how to achieve sufficient range to hit Tokyo from very long stand-off distance. Different time and tech, of course, but very fascinating nonetheless.
There was a program on The History Channel about the Doolittle Raiders.
There were white lines on a satellite field way back in the woods at Eglin. It was the same length as The Hornet’s deck.
They got a guy who owned a fully restored B-25 to see if he could match their feat. He revved the engines and released the brakes. He couldn’t take off before passing the line.
Later the flier mentioned that during WWII they had 115 octane gas which could be the difference.