| 1. | The otherwise unmodified received an experimental 10.5 degree angled deck in 1952.
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| 2. | It engaged in an extensive program of modernizing carriers, including converting conventional flight decks to angle decks.
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| 3. | An angled deck also improves launch and recovery cycle flexibility with the option of simultaneous launching and recovery of aircraft.
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| 4. | The angled deck allows the installation of one or two " waist " catapults in addition to the two bow cats.
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| 5. | In February 1955, became the first carrier to be constructed and launched with an angled deck, rather than having one retrofitted.
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| 6. | Before the angled deck emerged in the 1950s, LSOs used colored paddles to signal corrections to the pilot ( hence the nickname ).
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| 7. | In October 1968, a routine night launch of an boltered and went off the angled deck and into the water, nose first.
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| 8. | The angled flight deck was first tested on, by painting angled deck markings onto the centerline flight deck for touch and go landings.
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| 9. | The angled flight deck was first tested on by painting angled deck markings onto the centerline of the flight deck for touch and go landings.
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| 10. | This was despite post-war modifications significantly altering her appearance the addition of an angled deck and a Type 984 " searchlight " radar.
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