I am certainly not taking a swipe at the extremely talented brits slaving away on the F35b although I might be a little jealous of their salary
I do know some of them
The trouble is - the whole thing is being done kind of ar5e about face,the carrier is in build and can
only be built with a ski jump now (no possibility of cats and traps) and yet the a/c still has not completed a land based ski jump take off !
Just seems a dumb way of going about things LOL It is usually more sensible to trial things before committing to production !
I am never taking a swipe at our engineers/pilots btw - we always have to cope with the mess left by politicians and top management.
Thanks for the info Engines,much appreciated and I hope you understand that I am not taking a swipe at the people involved - just the concept and the unfortunate way that it has all panned out.
rgds LR