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To: lifeisgood who wrote (7043)	3/18/2003 12:45:14 AM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11447

i'm going from memory here, didn't they have wood/sled undercarriages that were just strong enough to take off?

To: lifeisgood who wrote (7043)	3/18/2003 12:47:07 AM
From: Softechie	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 11447

In WWII footage they show taking off with landing gear...Max probably meant determination to die for the good of the nation...

To: lifeisgood who wrote (7043)	3/18/2003 12:47:22 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 11447

good question, really. i have seen those documentaries on Kamikazies and their having no landing gear but how did they take off?:) Time for Google:) Max

To: lifeisgood who wrote (7043)	3/18/2003 12:48:37 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 11447

good question, really. i have seen those documentaries on Kamikazies and their having no landing gear but how did they take off?:) Time for Google:) Max

To: lifeisgood who wrote (7043)	3/18/2003 12:55:07 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11447

well i still don't know how they took off:)?? but this the first link Google threw up <<A picture of a Japanese kamikaze plane exploding harmlessly on impact just off Ie Shima. The kamikazi pilots flew planes with no landing gear and no fuel for a return journey. They were literally flying bombs. Across the strait from Ie Shima at Okinawa, more than 1,900 kamikaze attacks took place, damaging 368 ships and sinking 32. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. U.S. losses totaled more than 31,800 wounded and 7,100 killed or missing. Due to kamikaze attacks, 3,593 sailors died and 5,538 were injured aboard ship; 197 died from their wounds. More than 107,000 Japanese and Okinawan military and civilians died.>> cneti.com