Another Kuznetsov loss ?

[Wetstart Dryrun]

Mr Lone,

Thank you for your kind inquiry. I have done a few ski jumps into the ether with no untoward issues - very nice way to get airborne.

I have not landed on a boat. I guess the closest to a flight deck is a creeping vertical landing on a 30ft wide tin strip. I found the fore/aft positioning on a VL, the trickiest since a puffer duct off the edge of a pad was a messy business, and a 70ft pad did not have a big margin for error- a deck has to be better.

I did not join the Fleet Air Arm

I prefer my tent in the swamp to a hammock on the cold wet salty sloppy stuff

I salute those who operated Tombs and Buccs off the RN Escort Carriers.