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From: lang@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (John J. Lang)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Angled flight decks
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Date: 12 Jan 91 01:08:32 GMT
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From: lang@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (John J. Lang)

> / hpfcso:sci.military / anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) /  6:27 pm  Dec 14, 1990 /
> Angled deck means that there are actually two runways on the
> carrier.  One parallel to the path of the ship and the other
> on an angle.  The runway that is on an angle to the path of the
> ship is use to recover incoming aircraft so that a carrier can
> recover aircrafts at the same time it is launching aircrafts on the
> other runway.  

It also means a airplane that missed the arresting wires could
take off and go around again rather than having to hit a
crash net.  In the days of the straight deck carrier, it net
was necessary to keep the plane from crashing into other planes
that had just landed.  This was even more important with the
introduction of jet aircraft since a crash net could not longer
stop them.

This also changed the procedure for landing.  On a straight deck
carrier you cut the engine as soon as you hit the deck.  On an
angled deck you give it full throttle.

John Lang
lang@hpfcla.fc.hp.com