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[edit] Airports

Are the stories of the catapult-launched planes really a myth ? I though that the Swiss FA/18 were a naval version because they needed to have catapult-launching capabilities ? Rama 19:54, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

They really are a myth. The Swiss F/A-18 are the very same aircraft the US Navy uses, but in Switzerland, there are no catapults, even if they still have tailhooks. Some air bases are equipped with arrestor wires, though - if there are technical problems with the landing gear, an "carrier landing" is performed. Several Swiss army pilots have the needed licences to operate from US aircraft carriers (possibly because of an educational exchange between the two armies). Additionally, the myth about military aicraft catapult-startet from cavern seems to root in the cold war, when Switzerland didn't have a Navy-type aircraft. --Keimzelle 23:32, 22 January 2006 (UTC)