OT I know, but this is what the F35 does to those in charge.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... efing.html

January's ACA Monthly update is up... http://www.aircraftcarrieralliance.com/~/media/Files/A/Aircraft-Carrier-Alliance-V2/documents/programme-update/2016-weekly-comms/jan-2016.pdf Nice spot Pymes, cheers :D Nothing about QE this month though, which I'm surprised about. Why, what have you seen? The ...

Great to see our "air defence frigate SAINT ALBANS" there :lol: :lol: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZvxAB6WwAE2xbI.jpg:large Having been an expert on the old Royal Navy Recognition cards from the '70s, Know Your Navy I think they were called and I always beat my older brother, until he sat ...

Sorry to hear that, like most on here I enjoyed reading about his 'exploits' whilst serving in the USN and PM'd him during the turbulent times when he wanted to leave the forum, I expressed my sadness should he do that...thankfully it was for only a short time. He talked about a lot of the Carriers ...

Question: "With the huge shortage of senior engineers in all branches can we man 2 carriers and all the new ships & boats." ? https://twitter.com/HMSQnlz/status/651751282110300160 Reintroduction of RN press ganging?! :twisted: It'll be a lot more productive than the current online app...

Must admit I didn't realise our RM could be pilots as well, every day is a school day!

desertswo wrote: A good time is had by all during those tests. Like so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogmVzCqkTAI

Thanks for posting, looks fun, a good way to clear out the cobwebs no doubt!

Hope this ain't true....... MANNING ETC. The senior service is *struggling to assign 800 crew to new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which will be commissioned into service next July. Two assault ships will go out of service so it can be manned properly. [From: http://forces.tv/16934798 ] My ...

Finally, an image of the intended new jetty that shows both carriers, one behind the other, in Pompey. Cheers for posting, you can see where they are in relation to HMS Victory and the Mary Rose Hall. Also, when both are in you'd get a great view from the viewing area of the Victory Museum building...

A pretty good piece from MindWorks of HMS Queen Elizabeth sailing into Portsmouth. Correction: That would be QE exiting Portsmouth heading south out into the Solent as the Spinnaker Tower also faces south. Unless she is parallel parking...if so let's hope she has one heck of a reversing alarm to wa...

SKB wrote:Perhaps the mud could be used to improve the appearance of Southampton?!

Haha, very good. I was tempted to put something similar but decided to leave the touchpaper for someone else to light!

June's monthly update from the ACA: http://www.aircraftcarrieralliance.co.uk/~/media/Files/A/Aircraft-Carrier-Alliance-V2/documents/programme-update/2015-weekly-comms/june-2015.pdf Interesting indeed, especially about the Life rafts having to be protected once the reversion to STOVL was confirmed i...

Copy that. Wouldn't be like a MP getting dates wrong, would it?? It is worse than that, it isn't just an MP getting it wrong, she is the Minister of State for the Armed Forces... It's ok, her and the other local MP's, including the Minister for Portsmouth, have saved ship building in the area....oh...

There is no Portsmouth-Gosport tunnel. Never happened. The tunnel was an idea for a proposed Portsmouth-Fareham tram/light rail scheme which would go out from Portsmouth Harbour railway station, under the harbour, emerge in Gosport and then reconnect to the disused Gosport-Fareham railway track rou...

The Armchair Soldier wrote:I think it's time we returned to more serious discussion now.

Off Topic Police Alert, but duly noted!

How about when it comes to replace the Queen Elizabeth class in 50 years time we build 3 proper CATOBAR supercarriers: Victorious, Ark Royal and Eagle? ;) (Joke alert!) Now those are 3 names that I would like to see...of course as already pointed out, they might well be based on Spectrum Cloudbase ...

Thanks. There is one way to confirm it, go look at the Babcock shed again, UB01 was there in your previous set of photos. If it isn't there now, well, we have an answer. ;) A question. Is it too late to rename PoW to Ark Royal? I noticed recently that an older Ark Royal (the one scrapped in late 70...

REMINDER! A new tv programme about the HMS Queen Elizabeth build, it will be shown tonight (Tuesday 26th May 2015) at 9pm on UKTV's 'Yesterday' channel. (Freeview 19, Sky 537 or Virgin 206) EDIT: Ugh. Exactly the same as the US one, except the exact same narration is being done by a Briton, word fo...

Canberra and QE2 have long gone, not sure they would be so appreciative to give up the latest liners! So, I remember '82, does the Govt have the ability to take over liners for the benefit of the nation, what rule governs this? (I hope this does not go too O/T)

Good Morning, just registered after being sent from the old QE and POW thread that is closing down.