carrier deck
Ship's flight platform
The flat upper surface of an aircraft carrier where planes take off and land.
Carrier decks are reinforced to withstand the impact of landing aircraft and equipped with arresting cables and catapults.
The term appears in military contexts and flight simulations: The pilot made a perfect carrier deck landing in heavy seas.
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- tailhookAircraft carrier brake mechanism
- landingDescent's final moment
- takeoffDeparture or parody
navy · naval aviation · warship · F-18 · pilot · elevator · hangar · jet · crew · danger zone · trap · bolter · wave off · steam · launch · touchdown · aviation · sea
surface type for aircraft operations
carrier deckairfield
Aviation facility with runways
solid ground · runway · landing strip · terra firma · tarmac
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