Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

[cockneyjock1974]

ACA engineer who has just rejoined QE and has not been on her since Invergordon, has just stated the ship is far more RN than ACA now, its gleaming. Unfortunately the snagging list is extensive and there appears to be a race on to get her ready for the next sea trials.
Unfortunately one of the items on the snagging list is a replacement window on flyco

[QEC Eye in the SKY]

ACA engineer who has just rejoined QE and has not been on her since Invergordon, has just stated the ship is far more RN than ACA now, its gleaming. Unfortunately the snagging list is extensive and there appears to be a race on to get her ready for the next sea trials.
Unfortunately one of the items on the snagging list is a replacement window on flyco

I know this has been posted before, but this window could do with being replaced also !!

[rbw91]

Cool video. All the while QE remains in the background covered in tent as they spray the deck with the heat resistant stuff.

[whitelancer]

I know this has been posted before, but this window could do with being replaced also !!

On a brand new ship that's really bad.
How could it have got in such a state?

[Ron5]

I know this has been posted before, but this window could do with being replaced also !!

On a brand new ship that's really bad.
How could it have got in such a state?

You've not been to Scotland then?

[whitelancer]

You've not been to Scotland then?

Your not telling me it might be a bit damp north of the border.

QE may have been some years in the making but if something could deteriorate so badly sat in a dock, even a Scottish one, what's going to happen once it starts ploughing through the North Atlantic.
Oh and I have been to Scotland, well a few times.

[Ron5]

All said in humor and yes, the North Atlantic just shades Scotland for bad weather. But only just.

[SKB]

All said in humor and yes, the North Atlantic just shades Scotland for bad weather. But only just.

QE is not that much safer in Portsmouth, the third windiest city in the whole UK!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/uks ... ty-4966116



"Time to bring on a sub(marine)"..

[Spinflight]

No midgies in the North Atlantic though.

[cockneyjock1974]

You lot don't have a clue about Scotland, I managed to sit in my garden 7 times this summer! Bloody luxury

[indeid]

You lot don't have a clue about Scotland, I managed to sit in my garden 7 times this summer! Bloody luxury

Gortex is a great invention.....

[ArmChairCivvy]

Gortex is a great invention.....

Breathability further improved if you stand by a bbq in it, flipping burgers

[Dahedd]

I have to say that its been a particularly shite summer here in Morayshire this year

[R686]

You lot don't have a clue about Scotland, I managed to sit in my garden 7 times this summer! Bloody luxury

Best try a different location if you want to sit in your garden more often, might I suggest Darwin in the winter for an average around 24-30 still warm enough to open a long neck.

[PhillyJ]

You lot don't have a clue about Scotland, I managed to sit in my garden 7 times this summer! Bloody luxury

My Cousin was a Wing Cdr at RAF Leuchars and invited my Brother and I to stay over at hers and enjoy the airshow one year. Bearing in mind this was September in Scotland us Southern soft B*******s assumed that it would be freezing and packed suitable clothing for being on an airfield with no cover for the time of the year...I can still see the looks on the faces of the shop staff in the local Leuchars shops when I asked if they still had any suncream in stock, needless to say it was extremely hot that entire weekend!

[seaspear]

You lot don't have a clue about Scotland, I managed to sit in my garden 7 times this summer! Bloody luxury

My Cousin was a Wing Cdr at RAF Leuchars and invited my Brother and I to stay over at hers and enjoy the airshow one year. Bearing in mind this was September in Scotland us Southern soft B*******s assumed that it would be freezing and packed suitable clothing for being on an airfield with no cover for the time of the year...I can still see the looks on the faces of the shop staff in the local Leuchars shops when I asked if they still had any suncream in stock, needless to say it was extremely hot that entire weekend!

MMM must of been like a melanoma farm real high risk lol

[cockneyjock1974]

You lot don't have a clue about Scotland, I managed to sit in my garden 7 times this summer! Bloody luxury

Best try a different location if you want to sit in your garden more often, might I suggest Darwin in the winter for an average around 24-30 still warm enough to open a long neck.

I'd rather eat the undigested food in my stomach than live in Australia. Half the bloody country works in the pubs in Edinburgh and the ones I've spoke to don't want to go back. No offence but I like the cold.

[SKB]

There's no such thing as 'bad weather', only the 'wrong clothes'.

[R686]

You lot don't have a clue about Scotland, I managed to sit in my garden 7 times this summer! Bloody luxury

Best try a different location if you want to sit in your garden more often, might I suggest Darwin in the winter for an average around 24-30 still warm enough to open a long neck.

I'd rather eat the undigested food in my stomach than live in Australia. Half the bloody country works in the pubs in Edinburgh and the ones I've spoke to don't want to go back. No offence but I like the cold.

Your missing out on some top notch tucker then, and you don't even need a BBQ




At least if he runs out of ammo he can always hit them over the head with his frypan

[seaspear]

Re eating contents of ones stomach again , sounds like Haggis

[RetroSicotte]

Haggis isn't something's stomach silly.

You catch haggis.

[Spinflight]

They only come out in the sun, hence the rarity of sightings.

[SKB]

It seems the RN and the QEC captain's are now doing commercials for Land Rover....


^ Captains Groom (PoW, left) and Kydd (QE, right) with a Land Rover. Either they did this before QE sea trials began in June, or PoW has suddenly and miraculously been floated out and had her crest painted over....

Full article in The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/feature ... ier-takes/

[Cooper]

It seems the RN and the QEC captain's are now doing commercials for Land Rover....

They'd better get used it, given the number of tedious trade missions the carriers will have to host during their lifetimes, acting as an ambassador for UK PLC.

[shark bait]

for the second time http://www.motortrend.com/cars/land-rov ... ve-review/

Nothing wrong with the government promoting on of the UK's biggest employers. The Red Arrows are promoting Aston Martin!