By the way, the plane was immediately installed on the launch catapult guide, as was done on ships. After firing from the catapult, the aircraft 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 for the Arctic routes were developed – fats, onions, a little salt were added to the finished buckwheat and then sublimated to the size of small tablets.