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From: jvz@ccird1.cci.com (John V. Zambito)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Angled flight decks
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Date: 13 Dec 90 03:36:42 GMT
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From: jvz@ccird1.cci.com (John V. Zambito)

I just bought a book called _The complete book on US firepower_. 
In the aircraft carrier section,
the author says runways have been angled ever since the British
did research and found them to be better than straight ones. Does
anybody have any more information. It seems that a pilot would want his 
flight path parallel with the direction of the ship.
This would suggest that the runway be in this direction also.