By Raul Colon
The Republic Aviation Corporation’s F-84 ThunderJet was one of the first air superiority fighters, powered by a jet engine, in the United States Air Force (AF) arsenal. It was also one of the most intriguing experimental platforms ever designed.
Between 1952 and the fall of ‘57, no less than two hundred tests of various systems involving ThunderJet were performed. One of the most unusual involved a program called Zero Length Launch and Mat Landing (ZELMAL).
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