I’ve seen the Pearl Harbor movie where they make a big deal of taking weight off the planes because the ship’s runway is just too short. Why can’t they just be longer? Or was just that because they lacked the time during ww2?
It seems like the problem still exists today and i just don’t get how a massive ship would be affected by a longer runway. Maybe make it telescoping like a firetruck’s ladder so it can be retracted during bad weather.
What’s the limiting factor here?
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Aircraft carriers have hooks that help slow the planes down when they land. A aircraft carrier big enough to have a full runway for a plane to land without extra help would have to be absolutely massive.
It would be more reasonable to call such a craft an island rather than a ship.
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