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Old 4th Jan 2007, 22:55
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That Naval Technology page is interesting.

The carrier will support 42 Joint Combat Aircraft carrying out up to 420 sorties over five days and be able to conduct day and night time operations. The maximum sortie rate is 110 Joint Combat Aircraft sorties per 24-hour period.

The maximum launch rate is 24 aircraft in 15 minutes and the maximum recovery rate is 24 aircraft in 24 minutes.

How do these figures compare with a USN Carrier, or our old conventional carriers? How does the sortie rate (per aircraft) compare with that achieved by Hermes and Invincible in 1982?

The deck has three runways: two shorter runways of approximately 160m for the STOVL Joint Strike Fighter and a long runway, approximately 260m over the full length of the carrier, for launching heavily loaded aircraft. The deck will have one or two vertical landing pads for the F-35 aircraft towards the stern of the ship.

A question I have following on from the above comments regarding CVA 01 is have the needs of maintainers been taken into account? Not just in the hangar, but also on deck? Is there anywhere where aircraft can be tested and ground runs performed without unduly disrupting normal deck operations?
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