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by Wrekin1410
13 Oct 2021, 15:34
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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https://twitter.com/nauticalhistory/status/1447826488259137539?s=21 An interesting podcast on all aspects of operating an aircraft carrier. Just over an hour long but I found it well worth a lesson. Contributions from 3 RN flag officers and former carrier commanders including jerry Kydd. Hope it is ...
by Wrekin1410
19 May 2021, 13:25
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Just a great picture before we get swamped with all the two carrier photos later today or tomorrow.
by Wrekin1410
18 May 2021, 18:03
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Tempest414 wrote:Where is HMS POW right now will they get this long awaited for photo
I’m guessing it’ll take place as the group departs next week down the Channel so as not to disrupt HMPWLS FOST Training too much, or even to be incorporated within it.
by Wrekin1410
18 May 2021, 17:06
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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For those of you who’ll be lucky enough to go see her!
by Wrekin1410
01 May 2021, 22:26
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Bloody crab air!!!! USMC all standing at ease, Brill -cream Boyz all lounging about. Hope they fly better than they look. Seriously, not a good advert. I hope the CPO applies a leather enema to those concerned (if that was the mob the Rasman would be fucking apoplectic even for us Ruperts). You mig...
by Wrekin1410
29 Apr 2021, 21:32
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Interesting article from USNI News care of a tweet from Gabriele Molinelli giving details on how the Marine squadron will operate on board and what they are hoping to learn.
by Wrekin1410
20 Feb 2021, 19:22
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Just a quick one friends ,has anybody heard when the next qe documentaries that have supposed to be filmed be airing ? Thanks in advance I’m pretty sure I’d read that Chris Terrill was hoping to be on board for her first full deployment in 2021. No idea if it’s happening but very much hope it is. W...
by Wrekin1410
16 Dec 2020, 15:54
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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he also confirmed that the calculation until then is 100% availability of one carrier at a time with 24 jets on it If correctly reported, does this not prevent the RAF from a land deployment of all or part of a squadron? Seems unlikely. But will the 24 be UK aircraft or should we assume a 50/50 spl...
by Wrekin1410
24 Oct 2020, 14:55
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-que ... ed-trials/

Dug out this link to an article in UK Defence Journal about the carriers speed.
by Wrekin1410
06 Oct 2020, 20:55
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Moving on from the political side of things. Is there any serious news on HMPWLS sailing soon? Also can anyone shed a light on whether or not it’s normal she wouldn’t be flying the White Ensign whilst alongside at the moment? I imagine it will be mid to late October when she sails but cannot confir...
by Wrekin1410
06 Oct 2020, 15:19
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Views: 4408639

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Moving on from the political side of things. Is there any serious news on HMPWLS sailing soon?

Also can anyone shed a light on whether or not it’s normal she wouldn’t be flying the White Ensign whilst alongside at the moment?
by Wrekin1410
25 Sep 2020, 10:53
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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not sure sea state on video but im sure I heard somewhere they can operate upto sea state 6 ,unless someone knows different ? Comfortably it seems. I don’t know if anyone here has ever listened to the Pilot Episodes podcast? It’s crab focused as it’s led by an airplane enthusiast and features 3 cur...
by Wrekin1410
24 Sep 2020, 18:47
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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This is the caption to the MoD photos but the MoD press release says 14: Looks like they've been running 2 figures in the releases as it was supposed to be 15. Must have been a delay to one F-35B joining QE yesterday as it has now arrived. https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1309180885854498818 Good...
by Wrekin1410
23 Sep 2020, 16:37
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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It's true so far. A US LHD has had 13 F-35B onboard before, but F-35C is only in the trials phase onboard CVN's at the moment. The Truman I believe is doing some at the moment, but there won't be more than a couple. US CVN's will only get a second squadron onboard to hit 20 after 2030. From 2025 to...
by Wrekin1410
23 Sep 2020, 15:25
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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I've seen claims this is the most fifth gens at sea on a single flight deck ever. Is this true? Certainly that’s what the official RN press release is stating. I can find reports of Tripoli and America loading 13 and 12 Dave Bs and they are cramped, but cannot find numbers for Dave C’s on the nucle...
by Wrekin1410
18 Sep 2020, 13:52
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Views: 4408639

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SKB wrote:
Wrekin1410 wrote:Did she sail?

No. And has vanished from today's QHM sailings :thumbdown:
According to UK Defence Journal the next opportunity to sail will be on Monday. I imagine it will be eating into the pre GROUPEX program quite quickly now.
by Wrekin1410
18 Sep 2020, 12:41
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Views: 4408639

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

SKB wrote:
Wrekin1410 wrote:Did she sail?

No.
Thanks for the update. :thumbup:
by Wrekin1410
18 Sep 2020, 12:26
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Views: 4408639

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SKB wrote:11:00 - QHM Portsmouth movements remains unchanged, and QE's AIS is switched on.... :thumbup:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 08/zoom:14
Did she sail?
by Wrekin1410
11 Sep 2020, 20:01
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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QHM Portsmouth is showing QE will be back at Princess Royal Jetty on Sunday 13th September at 14:00 ?! https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/qhm/portsmouth/shipping-movements/daily-movements?date=13/09/2020 :shock: I understood that was always the plan. She’d go out for a quick shakedown for a few days afte...
by Wrekin1410
05 Sep 2020, 13:00
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Views: 4408639

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I believe the UK still has 18 F35s. That's 15 at Marham pooled between 617 and 207, and three test and development aircraft retained in the US. In addition the delivery of three has been delayed by C19 but should be completed before the end of the year. So, doable. Would be great to see 20 onboard....
by Wrekin1410
05 Sep 2020, 11:43
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Views: 4408639

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That's interesting. Without doing a forensic exercise it looks like the most number of Harriers embarked by Hermes was 16 to 18. However in 1983 on Ocean Safari ( Her last Ex in RN Service ) she embarked 12 Sea Harriers + 10 GR3 and 10 Seaking This could be a similar over all number to what we see ...