TIL the air force experimented with bouncy landing runways to eliminate the weight of landing gear.
d00ery @ d00ery @lemmy.world Posts 6Comments 368Joined 2 yr. ago
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I think that's a little incorrect. The Fleet Air Arm falls under the Royal Navy.
Though it seems that they have merged and split since original inception of the Royal Flying Corp and Royal Navy Air Service
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm#today