Motokamishii's Zero approaches the Akagi. The other planes are the Val, Kate and Zero I built for the ship. Barely detectable are a couple of dozen crewmen on the ship. I used ThundeRRenderS's lo-res Vogel Einz characters, retextured, and a Japanese sailor cap by Siosai. The destroyer is also by Siosai. The aircraft did, indeed, make this close a turn on approach (carrier pilots are a breed apart), but that's not the interesting part. Akagi and the Japanese carrier Hiryu had their islands on the port side, so the landing pattern was clockwise instead of counter-clockwise as on all other carriers. The idea was that pairs (Akagi/Kaga & Hiryu/Soryu) could operate in close consort without their returning planes interfering with each other. Because of the tendency of pilots to vere to the left in an emergency, this led to more landing accidents on Akagi and Hiryu. The plan was later abandoned for this reason. Poser 6/Vue 8.