Launching doesn't seem like a big deal In the film, there's obviously a lot of turbulence. Bouncing up into either the trapeze or the zeppelin is clearly a re

Launching doesn't seem like a big deal In the film, there's obviously a lot of turbulence. Bouncing up into either the trapeze or the zeppelin is clearly a real danger. Or getting ripped off the trapeze prematurely. Further, those biplanes generate a lot of lift, even at low speed, and tend to rise on release, so the pilot has to be in control (stick forward) at all times and can't simply drop away.