Commons:Valued image candidates/Aircraft carrier approach animations

Aircraft carrier approach animations

promoted to Valued image set: The evolution of flight deck design of CATOBAR aircraft carriers

Images	USS Enterprise (CV-6): axial flight deck HMS Centaur (R06): angled flight deck USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69): angled flight deck with offset recovery area
Description	These three animations show the evolution of flight deck design on CATOBAR aircraft carriers. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) was commissioned in 1938 and has an angled flight deck. The HMS Centaur (R06) was commissioned in 1953 and has an angled flight deck. This allowed pilots that missed the arresting gear to safely take off again without either damaging their aircraft in safety nets, or damaging aircraft parked on the flight deck if the safety nets failed. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) was commissioned in 1977 and has an angled flight deck with offset recovery area.
Nominated by	– flamurai on 2008-06-03 01:20 (UTC)
Scope	Nominated as the most valued set of images on Wikimedia Commons within the scope: The evolution of flight deck design of CATOBAR aircraft carriers
Review (criteria)	Support Disclaimer: I am no expert on categorisation, however in my opinion this meets all criteria with the exception of 5, which is not relevant. Quality, while not fantastic, is good and content is valuable. Dhatfield (talk) 18:03, 19 June 2008 (UTC) Result: 1 support => Promoted. -- Dr. Schorsch (talk) 18:07, 4 July 2008 (UTC)