Must admit Rich it looks like a Pup (Scout) to me, I cant see any sign of the forward ‘hump’ affect that appears on the Camel, and the prop looks further forward.
It must be my aged eyes!

Yes the earlier carriers only had the angle painted on, the actual physical additions to the port waists came later. There was plenty of deck space to angle the runway across.
I am surprised at the reference that the wires and barriers weren’t initially angled with the ‘runway’ though.

Edit, I can’t find reference at mo, but I’m under the impression that both Audacious Class carriers, Eagle R-05 and Ark Royal R-09, were commenced with straight through decks, and later modded (possibly just after commision?) for angled deck sections, the angle of which was later modified again.

And unless I’m very much mistaken, is that a Marathon uper cockpit section (glazed bit) in front of the Mossies in first pic?
I was stood on that very spot a couple of months ago, apart from the lack of aircraft nothing has changed – a classic expansion period aerodrome.

I think our own Mk12 had a Hornet picture published in Aeroplane Monthly taken in the same area.

That has always struck me as good way of recreating a scale flying Stirling, substitute those lovely little Pobjoys for Lycomings…
Like you I find it a fascinating excercise, a pre war Avro 707 in a way.
I hope something turns up for you.

I don’t think that the angled ‘runway’ necesarily required large mods to the deck, or any significant loss in existing capability, storage etc, the fact that some ships were later heavily modified is irrelevent to the main point and time frame. It could be applied by paint and still give a seperate safe landing on area and a ranging area forward.
I still think that deck safety would have been the main beneficiery of the invention at that time, and safety took a low order after operational considerations and costs in those days.

Would the angled deck have been invented at all without the poor low speed performance and handling of early jets, and the restricted size of British carriers (even Audacious class)?
The Americans may never have had to invent it?

surely you can see this? If everyone ‘had something for nothing’ then would there be any need to preserve stuff? no.

Err no’ your argument dosen’t stand, as some of us have very little disposable income, but are not chavs and are doing our (all be it little) bit for preservation.
Passion is what drives most us, and I should imagine that even some of the big players in historic aviation started with not alot.
I can only echo previous posts, and you have, maybe unintentionally, just had a go at two people of renown in preservation.

Good call Farlam!
When WL795 was first taken in and rubbed down in 1988 I don’t ever remember seeing any art work for Rosalie, I don’t know wether the elements had bleached it out or wether it was removed deliberately.
Would love to see examples of the art work though

Nice pic. I would upload pics to a free host, such as photobucket. You then link your pics to the post and it dosen’t use up any quota, the pics are a nice size, and they are available to use elsewhere.