Trial Run: The World's First Aircraft Carrier In Action

It's truly amazing how far Naval Aviation has come in 100 years! Now we have experimental rail gun catapults on carriers

These pictures would make a great addition to the Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_deck

Not seeking to detract from the feat, but ref the "journalists" title;

The first seaplane carrier in history was the French La Foudre (1911). It had a short deck from which seaplanes took off and were retrieved from the sea by a crane.

USS Langley 1920 was the first US carrier

The big "Worlds First" here is the tail hook system. You have to ask why this innovation enabling the feat was ignored.