The forward end of the flight deck of HMS FURIOUS sloped upwards before she was finally reconstructed in 1939. The aircraft is a Blackburn 3-seat spotter-reconna
Ski jump! The forward end of the flight deck of HMS FURIOUS sloped upwards before she was finally reconstructed in 1939. The idea was to help pull up the aircraft, which in the early days were not fitted with brakes. The aircraft is a “Blackburn” 3-seat spotter-reconnaissance biplane. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205154697