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photo of a launching ...<br> Museums in San Diego picture - … displayed in the hangar deck. The aircraft goes to full power just before launching. Then the catapult propels it about 200 feet (60+ m) along the deck from zero to 160 mph (260+ km/h) in 3 seconds – quite a few G’s. The two catapults, one on either side of the deck, can launch a plane every 45 seconds.
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… displayed in the hangar deck. The aircraft goes to full power just before launching. Then the catapult propels it about 200 feet (60+ m) along the deck from zero to 160 mph (260+ km/h) in 3 seconds – quite a few G’s. The two catapults, one on either side of the deck, can launch a plane every 45 seconds.
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