It wasn't difficult to install the rockets; it only required strapping the selected rockets to the vertical supports between the wings. The whole process took just over half an hour.
If there were any challenges, they lay in the ignition.
"How do we ignite them?" The question came from Major Fisher, perhaps because he oversaw the entire airport's operations and was habitually concerned with whether any part of the process might stall.
Eric looked at the wires on the rockets and said, "If we use wires to ignite them, we can't estimate exactly when they will launch, making it impossible to time it right to point the nose at the target!"
The pilots unanimously agreed.
Aerial combat differed from ground combat in this regard; timing was less critical on the ground, where rockets could always reach the enemy and be effective.
