Aircraft Carrier Flight Decks

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Aircraft Carrier Flight Decks

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Royal Navy aircraft carrier ski jumps – a history

British inventors have been responsible for many of the innovations that have made carrier aviation possible. The ‘ski jump’ was first developed in the 1970s to enable the Sea Harrier jet to launch more safely and efficiently and is a feature of the new QEC aircraft carriers, helping launch the latest generation of jets. Here we look at the history, design and purpose of the ramp.

See - https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/royal- ... l875tShI-k
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Re: Aircraft Carrier Flight Decks

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Thanks David a very good article you used there, and very interesting to those who did not know of the A/C carriers pedigree from which her predecessors were formed . many thanks
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