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PBYPilot -> Probably correct (7/8/2002 6:09:28 AM)
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You mean the top down picture of the Japanese carrier that serves as a backdrop to the menu choices for the Matrix UV page? The one that shows some aircraft with one wing folded aimed inboard and aft on either side of the aft elevator?
I think when the goal of aircraft placement is just storage, that anything goes re: aircraft orientation. It looks like this carrier has the forward part of the flight deck cleared for aircraft launching and is storing the aircraft in question aft, either for subsequant launching or preparing to take them below to the hangar deck.
Another factor that would have affected placement was that as taildraggers, they would have been towed tail first by a towbar or attachment connected to the small tailwheel at the rear of the aircraft.
So as a "could have been" depiction of a Japanese carrier, I think it passes muster. Whether it was a common practice, though, I'll let some else comment who's more knowlegable about Japanese carrier operational practices.
PBYPilot
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