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The airplanes themselves were new. Sea water destroyed wood and cloth (canvas) aircraft. Engines didn't fare too well either. Ruggedness had to be engineered into the airplanes for survivability when impacting carrier decks (controlled crashes=landing upon the deck of an aircraft carrier...probably not too much today as it was during the 20th century).

Tail hooks, grabbing cables, catapults, crash nets, landing and takeoff deck officers, paddle signals (flag signals), folding wings, landing gear...all had to be invented and perfected.

By WWII they were ready.

By Vietnam they were perfected.

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