Innovation in carrier aviation /
Hone, Thomas C.
Innovation in carrier aviation / Thomas C. Hone, Norman Friedman, and Mark D. Mandeles - Newport, R.I. : Naval War College Press, 2011 - xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Newport paper ; 37 . - The Newport papers ; 37 .
August 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195).
BuAer before World War II -- BuAer in World War II -- The potential of the big bomber -- Royal Navy wartime experience and analysis -- Adopting jet engines -- British and American prospects after the war -- The flexdeck -- Catapults : choosing an option under pressure -- Analysis.
This study is about innovations in carrier aviation and the spread of those innovations from one navy to the navy of a close ally. The innovations are the angled flight deck; the steam catapult; and the mirror and lighted landing aid that enabled pilots to land jet aircraft on a carrier's short and narrow flight deck.
9781884733857 1884733859
aircraft carriers--S&T
technology transfers
Innovation in carrier aviation / Thomas C. Hone, Norman Friedman, and Mark D. Mandeles - Newport, R.I. : Naval War College Press, 2011 - xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Newport paper ; 37 . - The Newport papers ; 37 .
August 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195).
BuAer before World War II -- BuAer in World War II -- The potential of the big bomber -- Royal Navy wartime experience and analysis -- Adopting jet engines -- British and American prospects after the war -- The flexdeck -- Catapults : choosing an option under pressure -- Analysis.
This study is about innovations in carrier aviation and the spread of those innovations from one navy to the navy of a close ally. The innovations are the angled flight deck; the steam catapult; and the mirror and lighted landing aid that enabled pilots to land jet aircraft on a carrier's short and narrow flight deck.
9781884733857 1884733859
aircraft carriers--S&T
technology transfers