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Four props on a Nimitz compared to two on a QEC. Thats all you need to know.

A140 is also the current pennant number of PHM Atlantico, ex HMS Ocean.

(The News, Portsmouth) 21st October 2020

Wow! Pic of the day goes to John Austin from Gosport who took this beautiful Trafalgar Day rainbow falling on HMS Queen Elizabeth. Just perfect!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Turner%2C_The_Battle_of_Trafalgar_%281822%29.jpg The famous 1822 painting " The Battle of Trafalgar " by J. M. W. Turner, combines events from several times during the battle. Nelson's famous signal "England expects..." flies f...

The other major difference between the British WAH-64 and the usual AH-64 are: The WAH-64 use a pair of Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 01/12 engines, replacing the original General Electric T700-GE-701C engines. The Rolls-Royce engine produces 1,565 kW (2,100 hp) vs. 1,410 kW (1,890 hp) for the GE T70...

inch wrote:Be great to know what they learned in the exercise

"We have learnt that we need to buy more planes and to stop scrounging them off the Septics.", someone in the MoD didn't say today.

153.6m long?
Thats as long as 12 London buses, or half a Palace of Westminster, or half a QEC carrier....

British Airways have some spare 747's....

Daft idea, but has anyone thought of sticking the Wedgetail antenna on the top of a Poseidon fuselage?! They are both 737's and could be a two-for-one solution!

Enterprise returns home https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkX-XzYXgAwJEL-?format=jpg&name=large (NavyLookout) 15th October 2020 Welcome home HMS Enterprise. Back in Plymouth Sound today after 15 months away on a global deployment covering 53,000 nautical miles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuifrXl...

(NavyLookout/PortsmouthProud) 15th October 2020

HMS Queen Elizabeth returns home to Portsmouth this morning after successful participation in #Groupex #JW202.

Front lip of the ramp is looking a bit sooty after all the F-35B fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W897n-j53-I (NavyLookout) 14th October 2020 The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was hosted onboard HMS Prince of Wales by the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on 7 October. The video documents their arrival by helicopter (First landing of an RAF Puma on one of th...

QE will arrive back at Portsmouth (PRJ, bows north) tomorrow morning at 11:15.
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/qhm/portsm ... 15/10/2020

500 pages landmark !

It took 5 years, 5 months, 9 days to reach 500 pages, since HappySlapper restarted his original MP.net QEC forum here.

https://twitter.com/Colinmbaxter1/status/1314524847200972800 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej4LrnkX0AINQKQ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej4LrnhWsAA3bM5?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej4LrncXsAEHJZt?format=jpg&name=large (@HMNBPortsmouth) 9th October...

Ron5 wrote:Still waiting on Airfix, how long would a 1/350 model be?

At 1/350 scale, it would be 80 cm, or 2 feet 6 inches long.

So at 1:1250 scale, a titchy little 22.4cm (8.8 inches) long Corgi toy. And being made from die-cast metal, it'll probably sink in your bathtub. :mrgreen: :thumbdown: https://www.corgi.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/4/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/c/cc75000_3_hms-queen-elizabeth-aircaf...

(Steven A Wenham) 7th October 2020

More from yesterdays visit by the Ukranian president to PoW.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjvrAi_XcAM3ZSA?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejvrjd3WkAY96Qh?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjvrkxiXkAMux0S?format=jpg&name=large (NavyLookout/AmzJS13) 7th October 2020 Helicopter action on HMSPWLS alongside in Portsmou...

(S Wenham) 7th October 2020

HMS Scott departs (Portsmouth, morning of 7th October 2020)

(Solent Wave) 7th October 2020
Puma helicopters circling around HMS Prince of Wales prior to landing.


(Solent Wave) 7th October 2020

Chinook Landing on aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales

(RoyalNavy/NavyLookout) 3rd October 2020

Royal Navy F-35 pilot describes the experience of flying from the aircraft carrier. Royal Navy Video by LPhot Dan Shepherd - winner in the RN 2020 Peregrine Trophy competition.