Why didn’t the idea of an angled deck on aircraft carriers occur earlier than it did?
The main problem with axial-deck aircraft carriers– that is, ones using conventional arrested landings where aircraft having landed are parked well forward – was that there is no second chance to attempt another landing in the event of failing to catch an arrester wire. Crashing into a cross-deck flexible barrier was one alternative. Jumping that […]
British Escort Carriers v. US Equivalents
Predictably, when World War II commenced, Britain was caught out, desperately short of ocean-going convoy escorts such was the inattention paid to this form of warfare and aviation at sea by way of Escort Carriers was just one aspect. In desperation, HMS Courageous, a fleet carrier was used in a “hunter-killer” ASW patrol off the […]