aircraft carriers

What class of carriers are you referring to? A photo would certainly help.

I know they are on my Kitty Hawk (CV63) kit.  Can be either horizontal to the flight deck, or vertical.  On outer edges.  Kind of curious myself.

I believe they are radio antennas - raised (vertical) for transmission and reception, lowered (horizontal) for most flight ops.

I was looking thru FreeTimeHobbies and noticed Brandon has a 1/700 Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV5 Aircraft Carrier - PREODER - PRICE TBA and also a 1/700 CV-6 Enterprise in the Pre-order listings. Does anyone have any info on these kits?

 I hope it's not another "Hornet".

I was unable to find any other info except that Academy also has a new listing for a 1/700 Enterprise, kit Number 14224 . If the fixes on the hull etc... are incorporated, this may be a great year for Aircraft Carrier modeling.  Jim.