Evening,
I appreciate that this is (currently!) a question which won't arise. But I'm writing a thinktank paper (hence new and exciting handle) which looks at returning to F-35C, EMALS and traps on the QE-class.
Question, therefore is: when the decision to going down the F-35C route was taken in 2010 (before being reversed in 2012
), what was the plan for training aircrew to land on the carrier? Was it simply to send WAFUs off to train with the USN, or was any thought given to a T-45 Goshawk buy for carrier training?
Many thanks,
TTr