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Flight Deck (other)
A flight deck is the platform of an aircraft carrier used for takeoffs and landings. Flight deck may also refer to: * The cockpit of a typically larger aircraft such as an airliner, transport aircraft, bomber aircraft etc. Roller coasters * Flight Deck (Canada's Wonderland), in Vaughan, Ontario * Flight Deck (California's Great America) Flight Deck (formerly Top Gun and briefly as Soaring Chiefs) is an inverted roller coaster located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by Werner Stengel, the roller coaster made ..., United States * Flight Deck (Kings Island), former name for The Bat roller coaster, Mason, Ohio, United States See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Deck
The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface on which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea. On smaller naval ships which do not have aviation as a primary mission, the landing area for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft is also referred to as the flight deck. The official U.S. Navy term for these vessels is "air-capable ships". Flight decks have been in use upon ships since 1910, the American pilot Eugene Ely being the first individual to take off from a warship. Initially consisting of wooden ramps built over the forecastle of capital ships, a number of battlecruisers, including the British and , the American and , and the Japanese ''Akagi'' and battleship ''Kaga'', were converted to aircraft carriers during the interwar period. The first aircraft carrier to feature a full-length flight deck, akin to the configuration of the modern vessels, was the converted liner which entered service in 1918. The armoured flight deck was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, on the front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or submersible, from which a pilot controls the vehicle. The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the controls that enable the pilot to fly the aircraft. In most airliners, a door separates the cockpit from the aircraft cabin. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, all major airlines fortified their cockpits against access by hijackers. Etymology The word cockpit seems to have been used as a nautical term in the 17th century, without reference to cock fighting. It referred to an area in the rear of a ship where the cockswain's station was located, the cockswain being the pilot of a smaller "boat" that could be dispatched from the ship to board another ship or to bring people ashore. The word "cockswain" in turn derives from the old English terms for "boat-servant" (''coque'' is the French word for "shell"; and ''swain'' was old English for boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Deck (Canada's Wonderland)
Flight Deck is an inverted roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It originally opened in 1995 under the name Top Gun. It was renamed Flight Deck in 2008 after Paramount Parks sold Wonderland to Cedar Fair, which necessitated the gradual removal of all Paramount names and trademarks from the theme park. History The roller coaster was based on the 1986 film ''Top Gun'' (produced by Paramount Pictures, a sister company of Paramount Parks), and is meant to simulate the feeling of riding in an Grumman F-14 Tomcat, F-14 fighter jet. The ride was themed heavily after the movie, with various props alongside the queue, including models of the F-14 aircraft, hangars, radar installations, army trucks, and informational posters about the making of the movie. The "Top Gun" movie theme had marked a shift in the design of the park, as the ride no longer matched the theme of the "land" in which it was situated. When Vekoma announced the 689m Standard Suspen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Deck (California's Great America)
Flight Deck (formerly Top Gun and briefly as Soaring Chiefs) is an inverted roller coaster located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by Werner Stengel, the roller coaster made its debut on March 20, 1993, as Top Gun. The roller coaster was built as Paramount, who had purchased the Great America theme park in 1992 along with several other parks, sought to expand its entertainment opportunities and promote its films. After Paramount sold off its Great America park to Cedar Fair (now Six Flags), the roller coaster was rebranded as Flight Deck. Flight Deck reaches a maximum height of , with a maximum speed of and a total track length of . The roller coaster was the second Bolliger & Mabillard Inverted model to be built. Originally themed to the ''Top Gun'' film, the roller coaster was set on an aircraft carrier with various displays. Upon opening, the roller coaster received mostly positive reviews from critics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
