COMING IN.-An amphibian flying boat coming down on the deck of an aircraft carrier. The deck officer signals with his "bats" to tell the pilot to fly higher or lower. "Arrester" wires stretched across the deck help to pull up the machine. THE MEN WHO DO THE JOB.—Pilots and observers of the Fleet Air Arm returning to their base after a patrol. Their work is continuous and arduous, and involves many difficulties not associated with the operations of land planes. . DOWN THE LIFT.—A Fairey bomber being lowered into the hangars of the Courageous, which was torpedoed in September. 1939. In this case the wings have not been folded back. THE TWO MONOPLANES which have been developed for the Fleet Air Arm, and which have helped to lessen the gap in performance between the land and sear types of aircraft. Top: The Fairey Fulmar two-seat. fighter. Below: The Blackburn Skua dive bomber. The Roc, equipped. with a four-gun turret, is a. variation of the Skua. LOADING A-TORPEDO on a Swordfish plane on an aircraft carrier. The functions of; the carrier may be summarised: (1) Providing fighter defence for the fleet; (2) flying off bombers to attack in enemy out of range of the guns; (3) providing reconnaissance planes for finding and photographing enemy dispositions and spotting the fall of shells; (4) flying off planes for the defence is a transport for ferrying aircraft between distant ports.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24699, 30 August 1941, Page 5

COMING IN.-An amphibian flying boat coming down on the deck of an aircraft carrier. The deck officer signals with his "bats" to tell the pilot to fly higher or lower. "Arrester " wires stretched across the deck help to pull up the machine.

THE MEN WHO DO THE JOB.—Pilots and observers of the Fleet Air Arm returning to their base after a patrol. Their work is continuous and arduous, and involves many difficulties not associated with the operations of land planes. .

DOWN THE LIFT.—A Fairey bomber being lowered into the hangars of the Courageous, which was torpedoed in September. 1939. In this case the wings have not been folded back.

THE TWO MONOPLANES which have been developed for the Fleet Air Arm, and which have helped to lessen the gap in performance between the land and sear types of aircraft. Top: The Fairey Fulmar two-seat. fighter. Below: The Blackburn Skua dive bomber. The Roc, equipped. with a four-gun turret, is a. variation of the Skua.

LOADING A-TORPEDO on a Swordfish plane on an aircraft carrier. The functions of ; the carrier may be summarised: (1) Providing fighter defence for the fleet; (2) flying off bombers to attack in enemy out of range of the guns; (3) providing reconnaissance planes for finding and photographing enemy dispositions and spotting the fall of shells; (4) flying off planes for the defence is a transport for ferrying aircraft between distant ports.