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![How did planes land on WW2 aircraft carriers if planes covered most of the flight deck? Likewise, how did they take off? - Quora How did planes land on WW2 aircraft carriers if planes covered most of the flight deck? Likewise, how did they take off? - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-893a883525d638eabc3a1456a2368682.webp)
How did planes land on WW2 aircraft carriers if planes covered most of the flight deck? Likewise, how did they take off? - Quora
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![How difficult is landing a fighter aircraft on an aircraft carrier, compared to landing on a ground runway? - Quora How difficult is landing a fighter aircraft on an aircraft carrier, compared to landing on a ground runway? - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b5b6e4f675a52916c102a7678e21484b.webp)
How difficult is landing a fighter aircraft on an aircraft carrier, compared to landing on a ground runway? - Quora
![TIL: That the first aircraft carrier landing was done with no arresting wires to stop the plane, men on deck grabbed ropes tied to the plane : r/todayilearned TIL: That the first aircraft carrier landing was done with no arresting wires to stop the plane, men on deck grabbed ropes tied to the plane : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-that-the-first-aircraft-carrier-landing-was-done-with-v0-mrWnBUGyy4CKUd7bSor5hsg-sQzUijdtXQ_jhVIPxUo.jpg?auto=webp&s=bcfd6e44ca90e965600180a92e315ff9044a21de)
TIL: That the first aircraft carrier landing was done with no arresting wires to stop the plane, men on deck grabbed ropes tied to the plane : r/todayilearned
![What are the advantages of the angled flight deck layout used by some aircraft carriers? - Aviation Stack Exchange What are the advantages of the angled flight deck layout used by some aircraft carriers? - Aviation Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fzOdQ.png)