Martin Hamilton

"An experimental catapult designed to launch World War Two bomber planes into the sky has been excavated"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-67052782

Not the #Harwell #Catapult you were expecting

World War Two experimental catapult unearthed by archaeologists

The prototype catapult is unearthed at the former site of RAF Harwell in Oxfordshire.

BBC News
Oct 19, 2023 at 8:24pmWeb
Show threadEmily SOct 19, 2023
@m huh, I'm pretty sure I've parked my car on top of that at some point 🤣
Show threadMartin HamiltonOct 19, 2023
@Emily_S I like to picture that if someone parked in the right place, the ancient apparatus would have creaked into life Indiana Jones style, yeeting them into the ether...
Show threadEmily SOct 20, 2023
@m ha! Unfortunately I think it's pointing the wrong way to get me home in record time.