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Old 19th Apr 2007, 15:25
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Those with good memories will remember that the UK came up with the idea of a "Flexible Deck" and actually tested Sea Hawks landing on it without wheels on a carrier. This seems a safe bet by comparison.
Not Sea Hawks but Sea Vampires/Vampire. Suggested as an option to having to carry around an undercarriage and thus save weight when performance of early jet engines was not too brilliant IIRC.
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