COMMAND HISTORY - United States Navy

For ESSEX (CVA-9) Class carriers, operating with current fleet type aircraft, a minimum landing area five hundred and twenty-five (525) feet in length, seventy (70) feet in width, at the landing ramp, and thirty-five (35) feet at the take-off ramp, is required, A runway laid out to these dimensions presents a funneling effect rather than the ... ................
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