Britain’s Secret Aircraft Carrier
In the early days of World War II, Britain made plans to constuct a massive aircraft carrier—2000 feet long and displacing 2 million tons— from which could be launched conventional aircraft such as Spitfires or bombers (which couldn’t fly from traditional aircraft carriers). Instead of steel, though, this ship would be built from ice. What a fantastic idea!
Posted Wednesday June 4, 2003 in Interesting by Chris Curtis
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