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The MUGEM-class aircraft carrier is an initiative by the Turkish Navy to build a fully indigenous aircraft carrier. "MUGEM" stands for Milli Uçak Gemisi, meaning National Aircraft Carrier.
HMS Argus showing the full-length flight deck from bow to stern ROKS Dokdo's full length flight deck The first aircraft carrier that began to show the configuration of the modern vessel was the converted liner HMS Argus, which had a large flat wooden deck added over the entire length of the hull, giving a combined landing and take-off deck unobstructed by superstructure turbulence.
A cockpit or flight deck [1] is the area, on the front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or submersible, from which a pilot controls the vehicle. Cockpit of an Antonov An-124 Cockpit of an A380. Most Airbus cockpits are glass cockpits featuring fly-by-wire technology. Robin DR400 1936 de Havilland Hornet Moth. Note the bifurcated split stick ...
flight plan data processing system Flight planning: FDR flight data recorder: Avionics. Also known as 'black box'. FDRS flight data recorder system Avionics FDTL flight duty time limitations FDU flux detector unit FEP final end point FF fuel flow FFDZ free fall drop zone (parachutists) FFS full flight simulator: Flight crew training FG Flight ...
Multiple planes could be launched from the flight deck in the time it took to move a single plane from the hangar deck to the flight deck. United States Navy doctrine, formulated in the mild climate of the eastern Pacific , considered the hangar deck a maintenance shop, and stored most embarked aircraft on the flight deck to minimize time ...
Aside from carriers and full-length deck amphibious assault ships, the US Navy has 12 classes of commissioned surface warships, 10 of which are aviation-capable. Two of those classes, patrol ships and mine counter-measure ships, are due to be replaced by the littoral combat ship, at which point the entire US Naval surface war fleet will be ...
New, dramatic video shows the moment Delta Flight 4819 caught fire and rolled over upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon. This video -- which was given to ...
The RAF's Tristars were subject to progressive updating throughout their operating life; including the fitting of flight deck armour and Directional Infrared Counter Measures to protect against ground fire when flying into Iraq. The aircraft were to be fitted with an updated cockpit, but this was abandoned due to the upcoming out-of-service-date.