The U.S. Navy has introduced a new measure to increase safety during flight operations on destroyers.
By U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Gearhiser [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
New procedures, called Operator Polar Plots (OPP), consist of a series of placard overlays that identify limits and safety considerations that take into account a ship’s speed and sea conditions in addition to pitch, roll and relative winds.
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