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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 2176.PDF
FLIGH1 AN aircraft carrier is always a popular ship with /"\ the public, who are still disposed to regard it as something of a novelty, though carriers have been operated by the Royal Navy for over a quarter of a century. This class of vessel scores over other naval ships in being able to display not only the art of the shipwright but the full range of technical equipment required by aircraft and such intriguing items as lifts, accelerators and arrester gear. Moreover, the flight deck and the hangar provide ample space for promenading. Thus, anyone who plans a public display in a carrier has a comparatively easy job and need not go far out of his way to '' lay on" special exhibits to hold popular in- terest. The more credit is, therefore, due CARu ATh H-M.S. Naval Ain ILLUSTRATED. Bv,^4 (i.) A quadruple fl. pom provides an appro priate foreground j this view of the fligj deck of the Theses showing a Sea Mosquit a Seafire 46 and ti Seafire Ills. To tb right in the picture the Manretania, minisa funnel. 3.) The ship's t previous vessels - This badge and j» (4.) Captain T. - . R.N. (fourth from W L.tor.—Lt. (A)D.C Deck-landing Contfl Oliphant, R.N.—1st1 R. N. Everett, 0 (Flying) ; Cdr. D- Bar, R.N.-Co (5.) Polishing the ' (two Merlins) in " infl (6.) The 1st Lieute on the Vampire. barrier for arrest'
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