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Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jun 2016, 18:44

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By PDR1

As the late Bill Bedford once said: "When it...

As the late Bill Bedford once said:

"When it comes to maritime aviation it is surely preferable to stop, and then try to land than it is to land, and then try to stop..."

PDR

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jun 2016, 15:35

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By PDR1

As Pasta says, the QECs have no provision for...

As Pasta says, the QECs have no provision for arrested landings as currently configured. The same was true of the three CVS (Invincible, Illustrious and Ark Royal) and their Harriers. So they take...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Jun 2016, 17:53

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By PDR1

Do they? I admit I'm a bit out of date with...

Do they? I admit I'm a bit out of date with submarine tactics, but I was under the impression that the US SSNs always operated independantly, aside fro the odd duty of "sanitising" the area outside...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Jun 2016, 09:29

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By PDR1

Carriers generally steam at >18kts (much greater...

Carriers generally steam at >18kts (much greater when conducting flight ops). Typical speed of advance for a carrier battle group is usually taken as 20kts. At those speeds an SSN won't be covert, so...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Jun 2016, 14:24

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By PDR1

I would have done, but this was an operational...

I would have done, but this was an operational voyage so there were no foreign nationals on board.

I had to use an earthing northerner instead. It normally works, but this one was the leader of...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Jun 2016, 12:22

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By PDR1

That's what they told me, and I believed them. ...

That's what they told me, and I believed them.

Right up until I tried to attach an underslung load to a hovering F35. It stings, you know...

:)

PDR

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Jun 2016, 11:44

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By PDR1

Are you sure? I thought they were going for the...

Are you sure? I thought they were going for the bean-counter-recommended option of putting raw recruits in each role and letting them learn the skills on-the-job. I gather the only controversial bit...

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