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From: tm1y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas A. McGowan)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Angled flight decks
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Date: 15 Dec 90 01:31:17 GMT
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From: "Thomas A. McGowan" <tm1y+@andrew.cmu.edu>
	The angled flight decks are used for two reasons from what I
understand. First and foremost This allow for mistakes in that a pilot
can miss the arresting cables and fly off the deck and try again instead
of crashing into the other panes on the deck. Second, this also allows
for limited launch capabilities during recovery, for example CAP. 
Please add if I missed something.

			--Andy   "Hydran Commander"