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HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier embarks USMC planes....
October 11, 2020, 10:19 AM
tacfoleyHMS Queen Elizabeth carrier embarks USMC planes....
you might laff at this little ship, but from where I'm sitting it looks quite impressive with a decent on-board set of airplanes...
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=CeaS8_1602343787October 11, 2020, 10:28 AM
nhracecraft'Royally' Bad Ass, with dose of American Bad Ass for good measure!

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October 11, 2020, 10:47 AM
divilCool!
October 11, 2020, 10:51 AM
vthokyHere's where it shows how little I know about military aircraft: What's the "open flap" on top of the airplane early in the video?

God bless America. October 11, 2020, 10:52 AM
2BobTannerSmithsonian Channel had a series about the HMS-QE2 called “Rise of the Super Carrier”. It showed USMC aircraft being used for shakedown cruise and training requirements.
https://www.smithsonianchannel...-of-the-supercarrier
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October 11, 2020, 10:54 AM
CQB60Little ship?
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October 11, 2020, 11:01 AM
lymanquote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
Here's where it shows how little I know about military aircraft: What's the "open flap" on top of the airplane early in the video?
air intake I think for the vectored (?) thrust to help it hover
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October 11, 2020, 11:22 AM
trapper189quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
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October 11, 2020, 11:27 AM
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October 11, 2020, 11:37 AM
Rey HRHHaving been on the Enterprise, that landing in the first part didn't register as an actual "landing an airplane on a carrier" for me. I likened it to the self-parking features of some cars today.
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October 11, 2020, 11:39 AM
Rey HRHWe did shoot off a couple of cars off the aft launchers. I don't remember what it was for. The ship was going backwards for safety reasons.
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Originally posted by trapper189:
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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
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"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
October 11, 2020, 11:42 AM
vthokyquote:
Originally posted by lyman:
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Originally posted by vthoky:
Here's where it shows how little I know about military aircraft: What's the "open flap" on top of the airplane early in the video?
air intake I think for the vectored (?) thrust to help it hover
I figured that, but it seemed odd to see it still open after takeoff.
God bless America. October 11, 2020, 11:55 AM
armoredSo cute, with a little button nose, awwwwwh.
October 11, 2020, 12:04 PM
corsairGood to see the RN back in the carrier business. Wish the MoD and parliament would actually outfit the RN with the proper amount of ships and aircraft, none the less, glad to see the RN step up to the plate and glad to help out with a squadron and destroyer. Now they need to get a realistic AEW platform.
For more detail on the new QE Carrier Strike Group
https://www.savetheroyalnavy.o...ike-group-assembles/quote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
Here's where it shows how little I know about military aircraft: What's the "open flap" on top of the airplane early in the video?
The -B model has a lift-fan behind the cockpit. When taking-off or, landing, the air intake opens on top and behind the cockpit; behind the landing gear another hatch opens for the downward exhaust, simultaneously the engine exhaust in the rear, is rotated 90-dgrees downward.
October 11, 2020, 12:17 PM
gw3971Good looking boat!
October 11, 2020, 12:23 PM
vthokyquote:
Originally posted by corsair:
The -B model has a lift-fan behind the cockpit. When taking-off or, landing, the air intake opens on top and behind the cockpit; behind the landing gear another hatch opens for the downward exhaust, simultaneously the engine exhaust in the rear, is rotated 90-dgrees downward.
Thank you!
God bless America. October 11, 2020, 02:18 PM
alreadydeadAt 14 sec in that video to the left of the helicopter, tell me what that is? Drone?
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October 11, 2020, 02:44 PM
sns3guppyMQ-25
October 11, 2020, 04:13 PM
ArtieSBeautiful ship. Glad to see the RN back in the carrier business. She's the largest ship ever built for the RN, almost 1,000'.
She needs to cruise to the Falklands and do a couple of fly-bys.
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October 11, 2020, 09:48 PM
CQB60No. It’s another F-35 taxing aft.
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Originally posted by alreadydead:
At 14 sec in that video to the left of the helicopter, tell me what that is? Drone?
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