Originally Posted by
ORAC
Is it parking outboard of the island, or an elevator? The catapults are more obvious, and plainly for use by the AEW aircraft.
What is interesting is that the carrier’s island has been shifted inwards to allow jets to park on the starboard side of the island.
Which I think confirms no catapults on the earlier two designs (The second has the landing deck only on the angled deck).
The inboard island is a feature from the Bristish CVA-01 project in the 60s
