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Engines at max throttle, afterburners blazing, sound shaking my chest..   the planes go to full power
on the catapult, nose gear held back by a shear bolt, the crew see that everything is as it should be,
the pilot checks the engine instruments, everyone gives thumb up, kid on the side fires the catapult,
breaking the shear bolt and hurling the plane off the deck!