By the way, the plane was installed immediately on the launch catapult guide, as was done on ships. Having fired from the catapult, the plane landed on water or ice on the way back, and then climbed back onto the catapult with a crane. Everything ingenious is simple.
At the same time, at the Moscow experimental plant of the Mikoyan food plant, products were being developed for the Arctic routes – fats, onions, a little salt were added to the finished buckwheat, and then sublimated to the size of small tablets.