John W. Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Feb 28 11:48:00 CST 2003
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier Aircraft carriers have two basic configurations. The most common has a flat top deck that serves as a take-off and landing area for airplanes. A steam-powered catapult accelerates an aircraft under full throttle, from 0 to 165 mph in 2 seconds during take-off to help it reach take-off speed. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Drew Wutka Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:30 PM To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com' Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: for Friday - the fine art of anvil shooting The US Navy's Aircraft carriers (at least most of them), have a steam powered catapult system. It is an extremely powerful mechanism, which launches a jet from a stand still to speeds close to several hundred miles an hour (don't know the exact specs off the top of my head....) in a distance of probably less then 100 feet. I personally have never seen proof, but rumors abound that all sorts of things have been used to 'test' those catapults. (I've heard of vw bugs, and various other 'heavy' objects). Drew -----Original Message----- From: Mark Whittinghill [mailto:mwhittinghill at symphonyinfo.com] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:34 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: for Friday - the fine art of anvil shooting That's great! Once on TV I saw this story about this old British landowner whose hobby is hurling objects from his giant catapult. They showed him launching a Volkswagen and a burning piano. His dream is to one day get a catapult powerful enough to throw a double decker bus. Great fun! Mark Whittinghill Symphony Information Services Minneapolis, Minnesota Email: mark at symphonyinfo.com Phone: 612-333-1311 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Galitzer" <sgsax at ksu.edu> To: "accessd" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: [AccessD] OT: for Friday - the fine art of anvil shooting > Been chuckling at this today. It's almost too funny to believe. > > Detailed info and history > http://ncollier.com/anvils.htm > > Good pictures of actual shooting > http://members.sockets.net/~mbollinger/ > > The funny part is that they are so serious about it. > > Happy Friday! > > Seth > > -- > Seth Galitzer sgsax at ksu.edu > Computing Specialist http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax > Dept. of Plant Pathology > Kansas State University > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ---------------------------------------------------- Is email taking over your day? Manage your time with eMailBoss. Try it free! http://www.eMailBoss.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3292 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20030228/96c4e361/attachment-0001.bin>