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Title: Ok, it's not a scooter but what the hell....
Post by: Snorvey on February 07, 2020, 07:14:39 PM
HMS Queen Elizabeth and US Marine F35 jets.

(https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/F-35-night.jpg)
Title: Re: Ok, it's not a scooter but what the hell....
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 07, 2020, 07:28:57 PM
"IS there another way to land on a ship?.....hmmmmm"

You Brits complicate everything!

Great photo!!
I really like his rear turn signals!!
Are the canopies open, for quick ejections, in case everything goes sideways during the landing?
I bet that is one  l o u d  puppy, hanging there like that.
Stig
Title: Re: Ok, it's not a scooter but what the hell....
Post by: CROSSBOLT on February 07, 2020, 07:31:05 PM
Stunning picture! You go there often for coffee? Har, har!
Title: Re: Ok, it's not a scooter but what the hell....
Post by: Snorvey on February 13, 2020, 07:21:59 PM
Are the canopies open, for quick ejections, in case everything goes sideways during the landing?

Don't think that's the canopy Stig. I think it's the cover for a turbine intake (but I could be wrong)

Title: Re: Ok, it's not a scooter but what the hell....
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 13, 2020, 09:50:41 PM
Are the canopies open, for quick ejections, in case everything goes sideways during the landing?

Don't think that's the canopy Stig. I think it's the cover for a turbine intake (but I could be wrong)


Yeah, I watched some videos - that is open when landing and taking off, while the canopy is closed.
You can get 3 of them for a billion dollars.....while we hold bake sales in schools to buy text books. Pilot wears a $400,000 helmet.

Stig
Title: Re: Ok, it's not a scooter but what the hell....
Post by: SemperVee on February 14, 2020, 04:25:12 PM
   I remember landing Harrier Jump jets on the LPH Helo carrier USS Okinawa back in the day  - part of the forward MEU Marine Exp unit in south China seas. I remember the happy face someone painted on the belly... LOL
Title: Re: Ok, it's not a scooter but what the hell....
Post by: CROSSBOLT on February 14, 2020, 05:38:49 PM
   I remember landing Harrier Jump jets on the LPH Helo carrier USS Okinawa back in the day  - part of the forward MEU Marine Exp unit in south China seas. I remember the happy face someone painted on the belly... LOL
And I remember riding the Okie during Vietnam before the Harriers. Heard stories about those Harriers starting fires in compartments below the flight deck!