Belfast!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fris B, Hi
and did the sound of those four RR Tynes not bring back memories of another age? (The prop tips can be nigh on supersonic- about the only thing on the Queen that much exceeds 0.4mach!)
How long did the u/c take to retract? It should be within 25 secs but has known to be hours!
And a small warning: although the Queen is in cat "medium" in wake turbulence, cos of its weight, the actual turbulence from four 16 ft diameter props at 5000+ SHP has been known to invert an Argosy on finals.
"and what was a bloody Argosy?" you might ask (being a wild colonial boy)
"a small Beverly" I might reply!
It was all great fun at the time!