[HN Gopher] The paddle wheel aircraft carriers of Lake Michigan
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       The paddle wheel aircraft carriers of Lake Michigan
        
       Author : surprisetalk
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2026-03-17 16:48 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | stockresearcher wrote:
       | An awful lot of the WWII naval fighter planes you see in museums
       | were pulled up from the bottom of Lake Michigan. The pilots
       | training to land on these carriers missed fairly frequently.
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       | The water at the bottom of the lake is great for preservation
       | too, so the planes are usually in very good condition, except for
       | whatever damage occurred when they hit the water.
        
       | Animats wrote:
       | The U.S. Navy still has their main training facility near
       | Chicago. And they still have weird training ships. USS Trayer is
       | probably the strangest.[1]
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       | [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQCh1mLTIGk
        
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