Show Big Plane Shot From Ship DeckS Deck SAN S AN PEDRO Cal Oct 20 By By The Th Associated For Press For tho the first time tim In Inthe inthe the history of ot aeronautics a pound amphibian plane was WIlS launched yesterday off oct the deck of ot a battleship here bere by means ot or a powder catapult The plane a a type that can land either cither on earth or water 0 wd shot ort oft the top of ot the turret on the quarterdeck quarterdeck of ot the tho til Ii U S S West Vest Virginia by a catapult in lii which a charge charre of powder equivalent to that used In an pound eight shell was exploded Tossed forward the plane gained altitude mi- mi Immediately im immediately mediately and remained aloft for halt half an hour The Th plane had been fastened fastened to the deck by cables and the th engine encin was running at full tull speed The Impulse of ot tuo thee powder flon zion Ion snapped the cables and freed the machine Navy Na officers who witnessed the said Its lis Success opened a 1 just field of projecting heavy planes plane from battleships hitherto believed impossible 00 |