ANDREW ROBERT BREEN wrote:
snip ISTR the fleet Air Arm museum's Swordfish landing on and taking
off from Illustrious a year or so ago as part of the commemoration of the
60th anniversary of the Taranto raid - which of course would not present
any problem to a Stringbag as Illustrious, while smaller than US carriers,
is a lot bigger than many of the ships Swordfish operated from.

Really? Got a reference for that? The WWII Lusty didn't have a sodding
great ramp on the bow like the current one does. I'm sure the FAA never
got clearance for the Swordfish to do ski-jumps in WWII so when was the
appropriate clearance work done?