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		willvarfar 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow (2021) If you could choose, pick a Lightning instead :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning#Cli...

cf100clunk 4 months ago [–]

Back to the OP topic, the Arrow's thrust to weight ratio meant that it was theoretically the first aircraft capable of accelerating directly upwards in an arc immediately after reaching the end of the runway. Hot stuff.

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