THEN, it is the start of perimenopause, even if cycles are regular and normal in length. In saying this we differ from the official, current consensus4. Whatever changes you experienceâeverything about perimenopause is variable. It is variable within one woman.
Deck-level view of the catapult track aboard museum ship USS Hornet, with an A-4 in launch position. An aircraft catapult is a device used to launch aircraft from shipsâin particular aircraft carriers âas a form of assisted take off.
The angled flight decks of the carriers use a CATOBAR arrangement to operate aircraft, with steam catapults and arrestor wires for launch and recovery. As well as speeding up flight deck operations, this allows for a much wider variety of aircraft than with the STOVL arrangement used on smaller carriers.