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Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2011, 00:42
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Are you saying that a Navy sailerperson's life...

Are you saying that a Navy sailerperson's life aboard ship nowadays is dull or difficult?

Those floating airfields have a large-ish contigent of female sailers. They're l-u-u-v boats. A of young...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Dec 2011, 15:47
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Wink Re that video: looks to me that those USN...

Re that video: looks to me that those USN aircraft carrier people have too much free time.

And some of them need haircuts. :cool:
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2011, 02:32
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

OK, I'm not that good at old movies. The John...

OK, I'm not that good at old movies. The John Wayne film is *Island in the Sky.* *No Island in the Sky* stars Jimmy Stewart. The Labrador overlap in these movies got me confused.


Island in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2011, 18:27
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_trainin...

http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/aero/images/7.gif

Source: aerodynamic lift (http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/aero/lift.htm)

I was long-winded last night....
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2011, 03:16
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

"Ballistic phase" and "runway in the sky" -- I...

"Ballistic phase" and "runway in the sky" -- I dunno about that. "Runway in the sky" sounds like public relations aimed at passengers.

A ballistic projectile is an object initially projected...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2011, 02:10
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Thank you, Sammy Su. As to the official name...

Thank you, Sammy Su.

As to the official name of a though deck cruiser's ski jump, if the USN had one of those, NAVAIR would call it something inscrutable.

The basic purpose of the ramp, or rose...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2011, 18:06
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

LO, I expect that that the STOVL F-35 will NOT...

LO, I expect that that the STOVL F-35 will NOT use its lift fan or any vectored thrust for a ship's deck departure.

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More questions about Harrier I or...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2011, 18:58
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

I haven't read anything about installing JBDs on...

I haven't read anything about installing JBDs on the LHA(R) class... as per the illo you posted earlier, the plan is for rolling take-offs using nearly the whole length of the flight deck, thus there...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2011, 14:33
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Navy Experts Encouraged by Early F-35 JBD Test...

Navy Experts Encouraged by Early F-35 JBD Test Results
Posted by Amy Butler at 7/19/2011 10:16 AM CDT

U.S. Navy officials are so far encouraged by the results of a week of testing the F-35C with...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2011, 00:36
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

And how much is it all worth? Not much....

And how much is it all worth?

Not much. Let's give peace a chance. Downsize the war machine!:=

The Marines are talking about "11 extra carriers" but the fact is that the LHA/LHD can carry six...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2011, 03:30
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

(1) I suspect that UK ends up buying some VSTOL...

(1) I suspect that UK ends up buying some VSTOL F-35's for Queen E.

(2) Installing catapults in the second aircraft carrier -- they probably didn't leave enough volume and mass margin in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2011, 23:24
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

U.K. Auditors Warn Of Program Risks | AVIATION...

U.K. Auditors Warn Of Program Risks | AVIATION WEEK...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jul 2011, 15:00
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Maybe the French wanted a carrier operations...

Maybe the French wanted a carrier operations timeout for some other reason - negotiations, perhaps. Maybe bad weather is merely a cover story.

I say again, what future is planned for the Queen E....
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2011, 00:01
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Dream on Elmo, Dream on Why am I supposed to...

Dream on Elmo, Dream on

Why am I supposed to dream about this goofy large aircraft carrier with no catapults? I don't mean to sound too hostile. Hope things turn out OK for you gentlemen.

I...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jul 2011, 16:38
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

What's the plan for the Queenie? Upon...

What's the plan for the Queenie?

Upon completion, is she still to be sold to some foreign suckers, if any can be found??
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2010, 02:58
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

From the current issue of Air Force magazine....

From the current issue of Air Force magazine. Aircraft carriers? Who needs 'em?, at least in AF Mag.

November 2010

Airpower Over Water

By Rebecca Grant

,,,
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2010, 01:43
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Also what happens if a crisis occurs in which we...

Also what happens if a crisis occurs in which we need a carrier? Are we going to ask the opponent to wait for a few years?

What foe do you plan to fight, aside from those dastardly, fiendish...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2010, 16:05
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

More cutting and pasting to spare you tiresome...

More cutting and pasting to spare you tiresome clicking:

Here is still more input:

If you mean Electronic Computer, it was a man called Alan Turing from Cambridge UK, who was drafted in to...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2010, 15:56
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

The History of the Jet Engine - Sir Frank Whittle...

The History of the Jet Engine - Sir Frank Whittle - Hans Von Ohain

Dr Hans Von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle are recognized as the co-inventors of the jet engine - Von Ohain and Whittle were working...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2010, 15:46
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Fascinating facts about the invention of the...

Fascinating facts about the invention
of the television by Philo T. Farnsworth in 1927.

TELEVISION

In 1921 the 14-year-old Mormon had an idea while working on his father's Idaho farm. Mowing...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2010, 00:22
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

If it weren't for Afghanistan I suspect our front...

If it weren't for Afghanistan I suspect our front line would be composed entirely of CCF cadets, the ATC, and a few of the more feral boy scout troops.

A good reason to keep the British Army in...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2010, 19:37
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

The implementation of STOVL in Dave-B is so...

The implementation of STOVL in Dave-B is so philosophically/fundamentally half-arsed

Why is that? What alternative macro-level design do you favor?
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2010, 14:16
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

what are the requirements needed to deal with a...

what are the requirements needed to deal with a nuclear Iran and North Korea with all of their associated scenarios...

Answer: Plenty of nukes of our own, plus robust missile defense systems.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2010, 16:19
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

YF-17 unexpectedly turned out to be a drag...

YF-17 unexpectedly turned out to be a drag factory

According to whom? Karlo Kopp and the MiG-29 sales staff?
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2010, 02:41
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

The F-16 was an outright better design, and the...

The F-16 was an outright better design, and the YF-17 unexpectedly turned out to be a drag factory.


Have you noticed that F-22 and F-35 have the F-18's enpennage?
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2010, 19:29
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

But there's also a lot to be said for the...

But there's also a lot to be said for the configuration advantages of a twin, with a natural spine for structural loads and system runs, that's also protected by the engines. Brackets and pipes &c to...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2010, 03:28
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

... but as you point out, multi-engine STOVL...

... but as you point out, multi-engine STOVL could never work, ergo, we're stuck with it.

Oh, I think multi-engine STOVL could work. Isn't a V-22 multi-engine STOVL?

My point was that the...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2010, 14:20
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

If the requirement for the JSF had not included...

If the requirement for the JSF had not included STOVL, then the aircraft would have looked completely different ...


Why completely different? Can you state any reasons?

... and may well have...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2009, 16:33
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

So what are UK only interests? Since the EU...

So what are UK only interests?

Since the EU is to absorb the so-called UK for the greater good of all, in future there will be no UK only intersts.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2009, 01:11
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

... and since it would be more expensive to...

... and since it would be more expensive to redesign the CVF design to be a super LPH ...



Redesign? What redesign would you suggest?
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2009, 14:19
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

CVN 21 design The Gerald R Ford class...

CVN 21 design

The Gerald R Ford class carriers will be of about the same displacement, about 100,000t, as its predecessor the Nimitz class George HW Bush (CVN 77) but will have about 500 to 900...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2009, 01:15
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

- won't be fitted with any 'outer layer' airborne...

- won't be fitted with any 'outer layer' airborne threat defence systems at all.

That would be a bad idea, even if the space were available on the proposed aircraft carriers. Missile launches and...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2009, 15:36
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

Simply put, money is given to MoD to achieve the...

Simply put, money is given to MoD to achieve the stated goals - and it is up to the MoD how to spend it to achieve the agreed goals - so savings in the RN may end up spent on the Army or the RAF, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2009, 12:41
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

CVS???? 26 years so far in a salt water...

CVS???? 26 years so far in a salt water environment in the Case of Ark.......


USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jun 2009, 14:00
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,481
Posted By Modern Elmo

I wonder How useful a large carrier would be out...

I wonder How useful a large carrier would be out on the Horn of africa with lots of merlins aboard or a CVN with a few Sqns of S3B's and Ocean Hawks.

Not as useful as several smaller warships...
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