TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hone,Thomas C.
AU  - Friedman,Norman
AU  - Mandeles,Mark David
ED  - Naval War College.
TI  - Innovation in carrier aviation
T2  - Newport paper
SN  - 9781884733857
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Newport, R.I.
PB  - Naval War College Press
KW  - aircraft carriers
KW  - S&T
KW  - technology transfers
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -