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From: nobody@Kodak.COM (Rick Lafford (x37825))
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Angled flight decks
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Date: 15 Dec 90 01:28:57 GMT
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From: nobody@Kodak.COM (Rick Lafford (x37825))
Reply-To: lafford@serum.Kodak.Com
Keywords: carriers

To my limited knowledge, the great advantage of the angled
flight deck is the ability to launch and recover aircraft
at the same time.  They also have the ability to clutter 
the forward decks with parked aircraft yet still be
able to keep read aircraft on the waste cat's.

Yes, it is more difficult to land on a runway that is 
angling away from your direction of flight but it is
very much like a crosswind landing.  Some side drift
to keep lined up with the runway.

Rick Lafford
Eastman Kodak