Takeoffs and Landings in the Jungle with a Suspended Runway in WW2 (1944)

This amazing 'How To" documentary is from the top secret World War 2 archives of the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) the forerunner of the C.I.A. It could be right out of a James Bond film. (Why this film was narrated by a gentleman with an English accent is unknown, but it does sound like “Q” giving Bond the lowdown on his latest gadget!) In essence, you'll learn how to quickly construct a "Suspended Runway" capable of landing, raising and lowering and launching light aircraft in the jungle, above the undergrowth, where clearing jungle and constructing a landing strip was virtually impossible. Using an elevated 500 foot cable & harness suspended between support masts, you can put up a suspended runway in where a conventional runway can't be built. All you'll need is a nine man crew and an equipment parts bundle that can be brought in by a 5 ton truck or air dropped to remote locations. This ingenious system was invented and perfected by U.S .Army Lt James Brodie. You'll see every step in the the installation of a suspended runway in the field by G.I.s using ropes and block and tackle without any power tools. You'll see a real launching and retrieving a Taylorcraft L2B "Grasshopper "observation plane. This film is a gear heads delight, in the tradition of "Field Assembly of a P-47 Thunderbolt." Get this video & nine more on our new "World War 2 Behind the Scenes Volume 4" DVD http://bit.ly/2HcAanV Zeno Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com Visit our aviation DVD store at http://www.zenosflightshop.com for the World's largest selection of World War 2 & vintage jet aircraft aviation videos.