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For those that are intrested there is a program called warship on channel 5 at 9pm this evening .it is about illustrious and provides a behind the scenes look at life aboard a carrier


It all makes perfect sense expressed in dollars and cents ,pound shillings and pence
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I've had to work under that Bow many a time but still haven't got onboard. The queue was 2 hours and by the time I got there the queue was closed!

Ark Royal IIRC is currently going through FOST once thats done she can rejoin the fleet and then regain Flagship status.

I was surprised how small she looked against the Liverpool skyline. When Illustrious adn Ark Royal were berthed in Pompey line astern they looked huge!

As for the Harriers, Thet're proven in combat, are still doing a damn good job in Afghanistan and at the momnet are the ONLY STOL aircraft in service today. The US have spent years trying to get their modern replacemnt working and are still struggling!

The dry dock for the new carriers (CVF) have begun construction in Scotland....They will be big.

As for the series Warship...I've enjoyed it so far, I has glamourised ship life....believe me alot of the time is dull and mundane!

A good insight into ship life is here:

http://www.hms-somerset-co.blogspot.com/

Although it is still politicised a bit.

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Originally Posted by Mark
I was surprised how un impressed i was?
When we all went and seen the QE2 she seemed Bigger!

If that was the Navy's strike force god i should be
worried, i dont know what i was expecting, but after
seeing the US Super ones the Ark Royal is tiny.


Its not the size that matters its how you use it tease

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Originally Posted by Mark

When we all went and seen the QE2 she seemed Bigger!


The QE2 is nearly 300ft Longer omg


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You have to rememebr, she is 30 years old.

The Americans always have to do it bigger and better. Their downfall is that their carriers drag the Aircraft of the runway witht hat ski lift thing, whereas Our little beauty Lets the planes do it themselves, with that 9 degree lip on the end.

The New Aircraft Carrier series will be bigger however, just wait for them to come into service


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Originally Posted by Mi_Craig
Their downfall is that their carriers drag the Aircraft of the runway witht hat ski lift thing, whereas Our little beauty Lets the planes do it themselves, with that 9 degree lip on the end.


And the disadvanage ? those american carriers can lanch and land planes at the same time (if they choose to) and there take off rate is near enough 2 times faster than the brittish carrier, mind u..... the brittish pilota are probly sitting around supping cups of tea !


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IIRC it all goes back to the 2nd World War where the US ships needed to be bigger as they needed greater range, and needed to carry bigger planes further before the planes could reach their target with their own fuel.

The British ships where smaller, cheaper, and more agile as they didn have to patrol such a big area.

Now with VTOL planes, and the payloads they can carry, huge runways arnt really needed on carriers...


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At £200+/ton for junk at the moment, its almost worth scuttling it one night and taking it to be weighed in raftl

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At £200+/ton for junk at the moment, its almost worth scuttling it one night and taking it to be weighed in raftl


Almost spoken like a true Birkonian!! raftl

"checks the lead on the roof"!!

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Originally Posted by PaulWirral

"checks the lead on the roof"!!


no

Check the electicity in your house first - copper is where its at wink


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