SaparotRob
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Love your Pegasus Avitar.They overstressed the rubber band on the final drive ........................
Thanks for your service. In 1994, the 50th anniversary of D-Day, I took my family to Normandy via London, South Hampton, Hendon, Bovington, and of course the IWM in Brixton. One of my goals besides paying homage to all of the brave people who participated in that invasion by visiting most of the beaches…to take our son to Pegasus Bridge. I'm grateful to those brave paras who captured the bridge thereby preventing the German army from attacking the beaches. Walking those hallowed grounds, having studied the European theater obsessively, knowing that failure might have meant a world tragedy of unheard of proportions, was an experience that defies adequate words.Thanks. I'm one of two ex Paras here.
Did someone mention keel-hauling? Not a small thing on a carrier...HMS Prince of Wales, the £3bn pride of the Navy, grinds to halt over ‘failure to grease propeller shaft’
‘Embarrassment’ as new aircraft carrier's landmark mission to the US hangs in the balance over major faultwww.telegraph.co.uk
Apparently this is not accurate. The fault was not a consequence of lack of shaft grease.HMS Prince of Wales, the £3bn pride of the Navy, grinds to halt over ‘failure to grease propeller shaft’
‘Embarrassment’ as new aircraft carrier's landmark mission to the US hangs in the balance over major faultwww.telegraph.co.uk
She's back.The real reason.
Looks like they got the initial diagnosis wrong before she sailed.
She's back.
High speed heavy metal – HMS Prince of Wales in power tests
HMS Prince of Wales recently demonstrated high-speed capabilities during a series of intensive power tests.ukdefencejournal.org.uk
How many F-35s do they have for offensive punch for both flattops?
Somewhere between 30 and 37. The UK reportedly had received 30 airframes as of December last year (presume that includes the one airframe they've lost) and were due to receive another 7 in 2023.
That was the plan way back in the late 1990s when the ships were being designed and the U.K. was planning to acquire 138 F-35B Lightning. Sadly, with defence cut backs much has changed.For both...it's the total the UK has received.
Typical complement aboard each carrier will be 36 F-35s plus 4 helicopters, although each ship has a theoretical surge capacity up to 72 aircraft.
With presumably the second QE in long-term reserve, so that the two dozen F-35s can rotate from ship to ship. Though hopefully long-term reserve is not like how HMS Ark Royal was in commission whilst HMS Eagle was in reserve.... and slowly cannibalized for parts.Maybe at some point for short term deployments at some point in the future we might see one of the QEs embark 24 British F-35B.
With presumably the second QE in long-term reserve, so that the two dozen F-35s can rotate from ship to ship.
Good info on the QEs. It will be interesting when the PLAN returns the favour with a CSG visit to the North Atlantic led by the new carrier Fujian, presumably to Russia post Ukraine war.Amongst things announced is that a Carrier Strike Group will return to the Indo-Pacific region in 2025.
The Indian Ocean in the foreseeable future maybe. But they are a long long way from being able to support an Atlantic operation.Good info on the QEs. It will be interesting when the PLAN returns the favour with a CSG visit to the North Atlantic led by the new carrier Fujian, presumably to Russia post Ukraine war.
China's 'Fujian' carrier allegedly close to testing its EM catapult
According to sources like the South China Morning Post, China's most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, could be getting ready to test one of its electromagnetic catapults.interestingengineering.com
No, straight through NATO waters to St. Petersburg would send the right message. Much the same as a RN CSG's sailing past Taiwan.And if you are talking about a trip to Russia that means the northern Russian Murmansk region or far eastern Vladivostok. A carrier like Shandong or Fujian, being from a non-Black Sea state, is too big for the Bosphorus entrance to the Black Sea courtesy of the terms of the 1936 Montreaux Convention...
Ok I forgot about the Baltic. But their navigational skills will need to be top notch. Some very narrow shipping channels through the Kattegat.No, straight through NATO waters to St. Petersburg would send the right message. Much the same as a RN CSG's sailing past Taiwan.