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1932
1932 - 0569.PDF
FLIGHT, JUNE 17, 1932 be no reason why improvements should not be effected greatly increasing their sphere of usefulness. It stands to reason that, where operations are carried out near the coast, the aircraft can return, in bad weather, to some sheltered bay and land there, but the important point is that thev will in all probability have been launched without interfering with the tactics of the Fleet in any way at all. 10. working on the aircraft. The curious smoke outlets from the boilers are seen at the after end, either side. Our last view, No. 11, is of H.M.S. Malaya, Capt. J. S. C. Salmond, R.N. This photograph was taken, as were the other aerial views, on the occasion of the King's Birthday, which is the reason why all the ships are " dressed." Her armament is eight 15-in. guns, twelve 6-in. and four 4-in. anti aircraft. A sister ship carries a catapult on her quarter deck, with a Fairey IIIF. aircraft. The use of catapults in sea going ships is as yet comparatively a ven ture, and their working is still very much in the experimental stage. That they are a valuable means of launching aircraft from ships not otherwise fitted for carry ing aircraft is certain, and while at the present time the use of those aircraft is limited, due to their inability to land on rough water, yet there would appear to 529 (FLIGHT Photos.)
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