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N2Y Bi-plane hooks onto the aircraft trapeze of USS Akron (ZRS-4) dirigible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIm5qt5JrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIm5qt
by gvb 11y ago
N2Y Bi-plane hooks onto the aircraft trapeze of USS Akron (ZRS-4) dirigible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIm5qt5JrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIm5qt5JrQ
Also (more of a fly-around video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK_Wu3Jiqv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK_Wu3Jiqv4
Back then, aircraft could fly as slowly as a dirigible, which made it possible. There still was very little margin for error.
- scrumper 11y agoHmm, so probably the same order of difficulty as aerial refueling given the low speed differential. Doesn't look any less scary though.