JohnR said:Did the positioning of the cats; angled out to port and starboard, influence the development of the angled flight deck?
Miniaturized? It was more like United States redux.PNorwood said:Appearance wise, it looks like a miniaturized USS United-States
red admiral said:Would a middle island and two angled decks be better? No, either you need two sets of arrestor wires to be in the same place for each landing path, or you keep the axial layout and risk the bolters running into the island. You've also got some turbulence problems with the middle island.