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Letter: Planes, trains, catapults and a whole load of crops (2)

Published 30 January 2019

From Eric McCrossan, Lisburn, County Antrim, UK

I understand that the section of a flight that uses most energy is take-off. Would the range of an electric plane be significantly extended by a separate external launcher, similar to those used on aircraft carriers, to accelerate it up to take-off speed?

Issue no. 3215 published 2 February 2019

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