Originally Posted by
George K Lee
It does looks as if they're having to re-do the deck coating. It seems odd that the need for a heat-tolerant anti-skid surface seems to have been recognized so late in the game. The NAVFAC spec sheet for land-based VL pads was issued in early 2010, I believe. Anyone know why this wasn't sorted out earlier for the QE?
I seem to remember being told that, like all things F35, it can only get better "with application".
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/pict...st-ready-sail/
"Over the next few months we will finish compartment handovers, and
complete work to coat the flight deck.
And almost a year later re coat it again, after intensive deck operations with F35b aircraft. [sic]
Or were they just accidentally obtuse? [not for the first time with this project]