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Top British pilot hoping to be the first to fly off HMS Queen Elizabeth says he is 'exhilarated ...
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| 14 October 2017
| Charlie Moore
Posted on 10/14/2017 8:24:48 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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Proud serviceman: Squadron Leader Andy Edgell is hoping to be the first man to fly an F-35 fighter jet off HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain's brand new aircraft carrier
Faster than the speed of sound: Squadron Leader Andy Edgell takes off from aircraft carrier USS America during testing
To: sukhoi-30mki
This proud RAF pilot is hoping to be the first to fly an F-35 fighter jet off HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain's brand new aircraft carrier.
Good to see that Britain went ahead with those aircraft carriers. A few years ago there were stories that they couldn't afford to operate them and were planning to mothball them after construction or sell them to India.
To: sukhoi-30mki
Flies like a dream, too bad nothing else works ...
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posted on
10/14/2017 8:31:06 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: sukhoi-30mki
If London mayor had his way it would be HMS Khan or HMS Arabia.
When I was 18, the HMS Bristol docked where I grew up, we took in two sailors for overnight...they gave us a tour of the ship, and I played a round of darts with them...the first two, I robinhooded in the bullseye, and everyone erupted in disbelief...one of them went to the fridge, pulled out a John Courage lager and handed it to me in celebration. Crazy luck. I’ll never forget that.
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posted on
10/14/2017 8:59:34 AM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(The Left's family value: 'The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind!' (Che Guevara, 1961))
To: sukhoi-30mki
When was the last time they had a carrier?
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posted on
10/14/2017 9:08:34 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Anime is real.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
“...from the HMS Queen Elizabeth, taking off from a ramp...”
If one wanted to continue as a squadron leader, one would carefully consider one’s description of the thrills of taking off from Queen Lizzy’s ramp.
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posted on
10/14/2017 9:29:49 AM PDT
by
budj
(Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
To: PIF
A lot of the problem seems to be the way they develop all new combat aircraft. Used to be they had ‘X’ versions of test aircraft for test, ‘Y’ versions were pre-production models. And after all that they’re would be the operational production models. Now we try to design, build & produce all in parallel. Practically guarantees that the aircraft will be fielded no matter what.
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posted on
10/14/2017 9:49:01 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
To: budj
A few 55 gallon drums of Thompsons Water Seal could have kept that deck from warping.
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posted on
10/14/2017 10:24:43 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
10/14/2017 10:26:42 AM PDT
by
Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: Tallguy
Used to be that each new plane design was designed for one role, like the F-22. Now everybody has their role incorporated into a single design guaranteeing the plane will do none well and now perhaps none at all.
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posted on
10/14/2017 10:39:25 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Best wishes to Andy. He is lucky that the powers that be didn’t try to shoehorn Prince William or Prince Harry into his slot so that they could play at being fighter pilots until they tired of the demands of the work.
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posted on
10/14/2017 10:40:48 AM PDT
by
Cecily
To: PIF
Yes. In peacetime mult-role rules the roost. Planes are built in smaller numbers and everything all the economies-of-scale on everything from fabrication to pilot training pushes you that way. This is a lot of the reason that the A-10 always sits at the #1 spot on the USAF’s hit list.
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posted on
10/14/2017 11:40:38 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
To: tumblindice
Yeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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posted on
10/14/2017 11:42:13 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: sukhoi-30mki
They’re good aircraft. There are always bugs to work out in early builds, and enemy nations anxiously propagandize against them with mobs of concern trolls and funny videos. F-35s do well at what they’re going to do. Other types of aircraft do their jobs well. Teamwork and networking are important.
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posted on
10/14/2017 12:20:04 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: PIF
F-35s will work with other kinds of aircraft that do other jobs. Together, they comprise a superior force.
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posted on
10/14/2017 12:23:55 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: familyop
“F-35s will work with other kinds of aircraft that do other jobs. Together, they comprise a superior force.”
First, however, the F-35s have to work ... and that work depends on the software which has so many bugs and other coding problems that it will cost more billions to fix, if there were any plans to fix it, which at last word, there were none.
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posted on
10/14/2017 12:49:35 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Like I said,...
"...and enemy nations anxiously propagandize against them with mobs of concern trolls and funny videos."
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posted on
10/14/2017 1:01:53 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: PIF
Interesting posting history you have here.
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Russian air defense system (S-400) purchase most likely, Turkish minister confirms Hurriyet Daily News ^ | Thursday,February 23 2017 | Not listed
Posted on 2/23/2017, 6:36:22 AM by PIF
"Deal is apparently done - according to other sources; will replace the US Patriot systems due its to limited range.
1 posted on 2/23/2017, 6:36:22 AM by PIF"
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posted on
10/14/2017 1:11:26 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: familyop
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posted on
10/14/2017 1:26:10 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Andy Edgell takes off from aircraft carrier USS America Shhh. We aren't supposed to call it a carrier.
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posted on
10/14/2017 2:07:52 PM PDT
by
PAR35
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