Name: Runway of Thunder: The Story of Project Zelmal
Uploaded: 2011-01-01
Duration: 32 min 37 s
Description: In many ways, the Cold War is a battle of technology, with East and West competing to build bigger, faster and more powerful weapons. Both sides work to solve the complex problems standing in their way. Can they master zero-length launches—and landings—to erase the need for long runways?

In many ways, the Cold War is a battle of technology, with East and West competing to build bigger, faster and more powerful weapons. Both sides work to solve the complex problems standing in their way. Can they master zero-length launches—and landings—to erase the need for long runways?

Discover how Cold War engineers in the United States, the Soviet Union, and Germany tried to free combat aircraft from vulnerable airfields through zero-length launches and radical landing systems. From rocket-boosted takeoffs to hazardous mat landings, this film reveals the ingenuity, risk, and strategic fear behind a remarkable aviation experiment.

Cold War jets race skyward in the bold quest to escape the runway.

Runway of Thunder: The Story of Project Zelmal

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