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The entire group was so arranged that all could take off under their own power! That is, it was not necessary to discharge any from the catapult. Of course, the fighters, weighing little more than a ton, can rise after a shorter run than is required for the scouts. The bombers need e%'en more room. But all have the advantage of an initial wind velocity of twenty to thirty miles an hour as the car- rier boils ahead. In the early days of carrier flying, take- offs and landings were more complicated than today. Then before a plane took off, it was hooked firmly to the deck while the pilot raced his engine. When the propeller finally was turning fast enough to lift the plane's tail from the deck, the hook was released and away the ship sped. Xow, the take- offs are normal in every respect with no trick gadgets to aid. ALSO, in the old days of 1928 there was apparatus on the deck that not only halted the planes' forward movement, but also kept them from skidding sideways. 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