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To: edwinland
"Try to guess what the heck I was doing!"

Taking a run on the 1/8th mile strip in Kennedale (Texas y'all)?

What was your 60' time?

11 posted on 12/18/2020 8:37:35 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Haha! It was a catapult take off from an aircraft carrier in a Grumman C-2 Greyhound. One website says that it accelerates to 150 mph in 3 seconds. Another says that catapulted fighter jets get to 60 in .79 seconds:

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/45880/what-is-the-0-60mph-time-of-an-aircraft-carrier-catapult#:

It was one of the most intense feelings of my life. The most memorable part of it was the fact that the acceleration was (or at least felt) perfectly constant. It did not feel like we were suddenly jerked from a standstill. If felt like a giant began to pull us and pulled firmly but oddly gently for a few seconds and then let us go.


12 posted on 12/18/2020 8:54:44 PM PST by edwinland
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