Furious's upper flight deck visibly rises in a pronounced bump. The shape was designed for airflow across the deck rather than serving as a modern ski jump. Creating that contour in a large ship required unusually difficult construction. The feature shows how early carrier designers were already treating flight-deck geometry as part of aircraft operations.
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Furious used a bumped flight deck to shape airflow
The visible rise in Furious's upper deck was an airflow feature whose construction demanded an unusual feat of naval engineering.