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Aircraft Carrier

Postby liran_bar » Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:53 am

Hi people!

I have always wondered how is an aircraft carrier organized so I would really appreciate it if someone posted here a picture of an aircraft carrier with arrows to show where is the runway for landing and the runway for takeoffs and where is the hook that grabs the arrestor cables and the accelration line and suff like that....
thanx


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Re: Aircraft Carrier

Postby Hagar » Sat Mar 08, 2003 5:17 am

Hi Liran. There's a wealth of information on aircraft carriers on the Web. Type something like "aircraft carrier history" or "aircraft carrier development" in any search engine.

Basically a carrier is a large ship with a flat top. This is the runway & also used for storage of aircraft so it gets a tad crowded. Many early carriers were converted battleships or merchantmen.

The arrester cables are a series of strong cables that can be raised across the runway near the stern for the tailhook on the aircaft to catch when landing. The cables are actually wound round a reel or drum which acts as a braking sytem. The steam catapaults (usually two or more) are near the bow. Probably the most important development in carriers was the introduction of the angled flight deck. This might interest you. http://www.stevenwillingale.com/cva.htm
There are many similar sites.

PS. I found these excellent pix here. http://people.howstuffworks.com/aircraft-carrier.htm

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Re: Aircraft Carrier

Postby liran_bar » Sat Mar 08, 2003 5:53 am

thanx Hagar!
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