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Deck Flying*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

W. R. D. Acland
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A lecture on Deck Flying must include a good deal about carriers and the development of the seaplane carrier into the modern flush decked ship from which high performance aeroplanes can operate in almost any kind of weather, and as I believe this is the first occasion upon which a paper has been read to the Society on deck flying I propose to trace briefly the development of the modern aircraft carrier from the improvised auxiliaries commissioned to meet war exigencies.

The design of the ship has throughout directly influenced the design of the aircraft until to—day a stage has been reached which within certain limits enables the fleets to use aeroplanes which are no longer hampered by extra strong undercarriages and appliancefor picking up wires used with the original arresting gear, details of which I will describe later.

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Proceedings
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 35 , Issue 245 , May 1931 , pp. 372 - 400
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1931

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Footnotes

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The illustrations and blocks for this paper have been supplied by the courtesy of the editors of The Aeroplane and Flight.

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Note on page 392 * Hurdles were flaps hinged to the deck and about 9in. in height, which when in their upright position held the wires off the deck. Each flap was about 6ft. long and was so hinged that the wheels of aircraft could knock them down as it ran up the deck.