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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 0737.PDF
TRAFFIC LIGHTS ADMIRALS BRIDGE FIRE CURTAIN DIRECTOR ; the flight deck, abreast the island, are the crash which are always raised when an aircraft is landing, ward of these the after two-fifths of the flight deck is 1 by a number of arrester wires, the number of which cording to the class of carrier. The arrester wires ally flexible pre-laid steel ropes, which are rove in 12: i ratio to single cylinder-units. The hydraulic 50/50 mixture of water and glycerine, and displace- ment of this fluid by movement of the piston is progressively restricted so as to give a constant deceleration rate. Of the ten arrester wires in a light fleet carrier, the first eight have a maximum pull-out of 154ft, whilst the final two have a maxi- mum travel of 128ft. Raising, lowering and re-setting the wires is controlled remotely from a station at the port side of the flight deck abreast the after lift. The wires, incidentally, are normally raised a few inches above the deck, being so
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