[DOC] [TLE] Catapult - Wikipedia [PAR] A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without 
the aid of explosive devicesparticularly various types of ancient and medieval 
siege engines. .... Special variants called aircraft catapults are used to launch 
planes from land bases and sea carriers when the takeoff runway is too short for 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Aircraft catapult - Wikipedia [PAR] An aircraft catapult is a device used to launch aircraft from ships, most commonly 
used on aircraft carriers, as a form of assisted take off. It consists of a track built 
into the flight deck, below which is a large piston or ... Many naval vessels apart 
from aircraft carriers carried float planes, seaplanes or amphibians for... [DOC] [TLE] History of the aircraft carrier - Wikipedia [PAR] Aircraft carriers are warships that evolved from balloon-carrying wooden vessels 
into .... Balloons launched from ships led to the development of balloon carriers, 
or balloon .... A "hurricane bow" is a bow sealed up to the flight deck, first seen on 
HMS ..... Jump up ^ Note: three generations of Royal Navy aircraft carriers named
... [DOC] [TLE] An Electromagnetic Catapult For Hurling Planes Into The Air ... [PAR] Jun 9, 2015 ... No runway is more limiting for a plane than an aircraft carrier deck. ... The device 
borrows its name from the iconic medieval siege engines, which hurled ... but 
they look completely different, with only their names giving away the similarity. 
Steam catapults used steam pressure to launch a piston which pulled... [DOC] [TLE]  Aeragon - Mechanical Artillery [PAR] Artillery means any device for launching a projectile. ... Ammunition for 
mechanical artillery consisted of rocks, arrows, spears, javelins, bolts, quarrels, 
darts and... [DOC] [TLE] The Muddled Legacy of Oxford University's Dangerous Sports Club ... [PAR] For Kirke, Baker's flying machines were a revelation. ... The INVALID TOILET sign 
was left behind, affixed to a plaque that claimed the rock for England. ... 
According to barrister Graham Blower, who handles many leading criminal cases 
in .... be shot off a cliff in Ireland by a device used to launch drones from aircraft 
carriers. [DOC] [TLE] Flying Children [Archive] - Straight Dope Message Board [PAR] [Archive] Flying Children The BBQ Pit. ... 2 : a device for launching an airplane at 
flying speed (as from an aircraft ... to launch my children into the sky in fighter jets 
from an aircraft carrier. ... And, as Christopher Gravett says, in Medieval Siege 
Warfare (ed. .... A rock throwing version was called a palintonos. [DOC] [TLE] The Archdruid Report: The Monkeywrench Wars [PAR] Aug 22, 2012 ... There may be official names for these somewhere, but I've taken the liberty of .... 
and every detail of making war involves a galaxy of high-tech devices. ..... Some 
years ago there was a story that an American spy plane full of .... to defeat a high-
tech empire with primitive weapons like rock-throwing catapults. [DOC] [TLE] Rock Beats Laser - TV Tropes [PAR] The Rock Beats Laser trope as used in popular culture. ... Trope Launch Pad  
Reviews ... and helping the natives at this time, and they are anything but 
Medieval Morons. ... the enemy soldiers flying through the air into a conveniently 
placed abyss. ... High Tech, where a low tech culture uses superior high tech 
devices. [DOC] [TLE] Web Log - Generational Dynamics [PAR] The fleet includes the flagship aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov. ... The 
Admiral Kuznetsov itself is capable of carrying 50 war planes. ...... In August 2011
, when he launched a massive military assault on a large, peaceful ...... on 
Saturday, but that drew out thousands of angry rock-throwing protesters defying 
the curfew. [DOC] [TLE] Today in History September 16 [PAR] 1997 Sep 16, Attorney General Janet Reno named Charles La Bella the .... 2001 
Sep 16, A Russian module docked with space station Alpha 2 days after its 
launch from ..... said the plan is called "Balboa" and involves aircraft carriers and 
planes. ..... About 100 rock-throwing protesters moved toward a NATO military

Question: The device that launches planes from aircraft carriers is named for this medieval rock-thrower
Answer: a catapult