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Show Plane Launched by Catapult . ' w' r- U V S - I Further tests of the catapult on the U. S. S. Murylund were conducted , at Hampton Roads, Va., In the presence of Admiral Jones, commander of the U, S. Atlantic fleet, and Admiral Moffett, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, who says: "Tie catapult is no longer In the experimental stage. It Is as practical prac-tical and workable as is the torpedo tube used for launching torpedoes from the deck of a destroyer. Furthermore its development by the navy is a boon to aeronautical activities In the commercial field. The day is not far distant dis-tant when commercial planes will be shot into the air from the deck of fast mail ships when they are still many miles at sea." |