Meanwhile HMS Prince of Wales is progressing well, with Sea Trials due to start next year:
Aircraft Carriers III
- Thread starter Jeff Head
- Start date
Outstanding pics of the Chinook going inside!
Great to see!
The QE is a beautiful and very capable ship and I am very glad the RN got two of them and will use them to good effect.
@Obi Wan Russell
Let's put those giant MH-53 Sea Dragons in the hangar of the LHDs and LHAs.
Huge helicopters and they have to use the same methodology to get them into the LHD or LHA hanger, letting them hang out over the edge going in:
...and those elevators are smaller than the QEs!
They will also fit on the US carrier decks...but right now the MH-53s and CH-53s are flying off of the LHDs and LHAs.
I know the Japanese have been using them off of the Izumo where they have the elevators to the side. On the Hyuga, where the elevators are all located within the landing deck, they probably would not fit into the hanger...but the larger Izumo has one elevator on the side.
Let's put those giant MH-53 Sea Dragons in the hangar of the LHDs and LHAs.
Huge helicopters and they have to use the same methodology to get them into the LHD or LHA hanger, letting them hang out over the edge going in:
...and those elevators are smaller than the QEs!
They will also fit on the US carrier decks...but right now the MH-53s and CH-53s are flying off of the LHDs and LHAs.
I know the Japanese have been using them off of the Izumo where they have the elevators to the side. On the Hyuga, where the elevators are all located within the landing deck, they probably would not fit into the hanger...but the larger Izumo has one elevator on the side.
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Jura The idiot
General
some time ago Aug 12, 2015
Navy wants Mattis to delay shock testing for $12.9 billion super carrier
now
Navy wants Mattis to delay shock testing for $12.9 billion super carrier
Jura The idiot
General
Tuesday at 9:09 PM
Good Morning from the Strait of Gibraltar before we make our first overseas visit to Gibraltar. Every Sailors favourite run ashore
andJan 26, 2018
now this:
HMS Queen Elizabeth expected in Gibraltar 9-12 Feb, her first port stop beyond the British Isles.
Good Morning from the Strait of Gibraltar before we make our first overseas visit to Gibraltar. Every Sailors favourite run ashore
It's more 'fun' with the Chinooks as not only do the rotors not fold (bloody Crabs and their landlubber ways!), the wokkas have four-wheeled undercarriage with the steering wheels at the back! The towing tractor only attaches to one of the rear wheels so it's an asymmetrical tow and thus handling is VERY tricky.
Jura The idiot
General
I rather liked these views:
Having aircraft whether fixed or rotary wing on deck always gives a sense of scale to a carrier. Merlins and Chinooks are fairly big Choppers, but Liz is a BIG Girl!
Having aircraft whether fixed or rotary wing on deck always gives a sense of scale to a carrier. Merlins and Chinooks are fairly big Choppers, but Liz is a BIG Girl!
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