Finally some videos showing up. The 2nd one indicates they may not be waiting till midnight to pass under the bridges.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohr25oW_jBY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLFoodjWxg
_Del_ said:I'm sure this has been discussed at length somewhere, but what drove the decision toward twin islands? Visibility fore and aft?
Twitter with a picture: View: https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/881128007657816065Another milestone reached.
1st aircraft landed on @HMSQnlz today. Merlin Mk2 of 820 NAS had the honour
#QNLZatSea
via @VAdmJWoodcock https://t.co/zmKE8WrOxT
The drone went undetected and the Royal Navy didn't seem to care.
Flyaway said:Amateur Drone Lands on the U.K.'s New Aircraft Carrier, No One Even Notices
The drone went undetected and the Royal Navy didn't seem to care.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/news/a27747/drone-uk-aircraft-carrier/
TomS said:It's real:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/09/hms-queen-elizabeth-teams-uss-george-hw-bush-exercises-scotland/
Foo Fighter said:I wonder if the new magnetic catapult system might work with those. Seeing as someone made certain that steam types were impossible.
royabulgaf said:Neither QE or PoW will have catapaults, pretty much a textbook penny wise and pound foolish move. They cannot cross operate with French, USN, or Indian carrier aircraft, no fixed wing COD, AEW, or ASW aircraft, and for tactical aircraft limited to the F35B for all eternity. Instead of a smaller Nimitz, you have a bigger Garibaldi.
Valid points, though the UK has not thus far done more than gaze longingly at the V-22. I think it's fair to point out that the ramp is limiting in some ways, and that they have cut themselves off from the ability to, say, buy E-2 or MQ-25 off the shelf. And they will have to learn to love the USMC as well as Spanish and Italian navies. I don't think it's the end of the world, and although it's not the decision I would have recommended in their place I can understand their reasoning.Geoff_B said:royabulgaf said:Neither QE or PoW will have catapaults, pretty much a textbook penny wise and pound foolish move. They cannot cross operate with French, USN, or Indian carrier aircraft, no fixed wing COD, AEW, or ASW aircraft, and for tactical aircraft limited to the F35B for all eternity. Instead of a smaller Nimitz, you have a bigger Garibaldi.
So I take it you haven't noticed yet that the Viking retired some time ago so there are no fixed wing ASW carrier aircraft anymore, or that the USN has selected the Osprey to replace the Greyhound.