Suspended cable "runway" for airplane takeoff and landing. This is an L-4 Grasshopper (military version of the Piper J-3 Cub).
Takeoff:
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Landing (minus the "land" part, of course):
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23:04 video from the US National Archives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKmxgYdA6fI
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...6564#post83923
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...1977#post75522
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2886#post97437
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2486#post76456
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3557#post78292
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...5623#post82221
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3434#post99087
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2528#post76528
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...295#post116282
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...588#post107918
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...874#post102725
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...403#post101479
