• There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Server side Maintenance is done. We still have an update to the forum software to run but that one will have to wait for a better time.

Carrier Pattern

Bob....

IIRC, the standard pattern was counter-clockwise. That is the final approaches, before the turn, were made down the port side. The ATC/Airboss and Squadron observers perch was on that side of the island.
Look here :http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_aircraft_carrier_landing_in_WWII_diagram.jpg


While looking came across this site that might interest some; http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1940smain/1940smain.htm

Also found this that might titilate you; https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_c6FlIgz3gLbWRIcFQ1dDV0SzA/edit?usp=drive_web&pli=1
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top