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020 _a9781884733857
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_dQ
_dSipr
041 _aeng
100 1 _aHone, Thomas C.
245 1 0 _aInnovation in carrier aviation /
_cThomas C. Hone, Norman Friedman, and Mark D. Mandeles
260 _aNewport, R.I. :
_bNaval War College Press,
_c2011
300 _axiv, 221 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aNewport paper ;
_v37
500 _aAugust 2011.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195).
505 0 _aBuAer 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.
520 0 _aThis 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.
650 7 _aaircraft carriers
_xS&T
650 7 _atechnology transfers
700 1 _aFriedman, Norman
700 1 _aMandeles, Mark David
710 2 _aNaval War College.
_bCenter for Naval Warfare Studies.
830 4 _aThe Newport papers ;
_v37
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852 _h327ser Naval
942 _cMONO
999 _c76836
_d76836