A current example of a 'deck landing aircraft' with good explanations and graphics would be here (with an example graphic):
http://www.cnatra.navy.mil/pubs/folder5/T45/P-1211.PDF (1.6Mb)
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Generic overhead carrier landing pattern view from:
https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/ebrief/d...V%20NATOPS.pdf
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A good 'brit-centric' overview of NavAv would be here:
'The Particular Mechanics of Carrier Aviation' by Steve George BSc MSc CEng FRAeS Cdr RN 2012
http://www.phoenixthinktank.org/wp-c...fcaropsPTT.pdf (4.6Mb)
Alternatively there would be 2GBs of giggles about how to deck land here including history from props up to and including the F-35 flat deck landers:
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=cbcd6...340707E6%21932