Rellik Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, pipedreams said: The asian guy was supossedly the companies top laser physisist. The most important guy in the rocket. He was to do some zero grav, zero atmosphere test up there. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dric902 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Eric said: Brilliant! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dric902 said: Does the UK no longer have any carriers? How many of each nation are currently seaworthy? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Dric902 said: What's even more astounding is the amount of training and skill of the crew. This is discipline and expertise on an extraordinary scale. No other country can come even close to the coordination necessary on multiple carriers. To add to the impressive manpower, the USA has trained personnel available to replace any people necessary to guarantee functionality. The quality is in the crew! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, railfancwb said: Does the UK no longer have any carriers? How many of each nation are currently seaworthy? Those are the active ones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, railfancwb said: Does the UK no longer have any carriers? How many of each nation are currently seaworthy? The HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to enter active service this year. The USS Gerald R. Ford displaces 100,000 tons and is nuclear powered. The HMS Queen Elizabeth displaces 65,000 tons and is gas turbine powered. They are both about the same length. The biggest differeence, by far, is that the Ford is manned by US Navy sailors and Naval and Marine aviators. The Queen isn't. One serves tea. The other doesn't. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mike Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, tous said: The HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to enter active service this year. The USS Gerald R. Ford displaces 100,000 tons and is nuclear powered. The HMS Queen Elizabeth displaces 65,000 tons and is gas turbine powered. They are both about the same length. The biggest differeence, by far, is that the Ford is manned by US Navy sailors and Naval and Marine aviators. The Queen isn't. One serves tea. The other doesn't. There was a program about the building and sea trials of the new HMS Queen Elizabeth called "Rise of the Super Carrier" on the Smithsonian channel. It said they will have fewer sailors that the US ships, I think they said 1/3 as many but I might be off a little. I thought it was an interesting program for the 3 or 4 episodes I saw of it. Their planes they will use need less space to take off also. The planes were being tested in the US someplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I watched the series and enjoyed it. The HMS Queen Elizabeth will be stocked with about 40 of the B variant of the F-35; the VSTOL variant designed for the Marine Corps as well as the usual helos. British aircraft carriers use a ski jump to launch aircraft and, if I recall, do not have an arresting system for recovery. The Ford-class carriers carry around 90 aricrraft. I say again, there are no better folk to put in a war plane to get the mission done than US Naval and Marine aviators. One huge difference is the cost. The HMS Queen Elizabeth cost around $4.2 billion. The USS Gerald R Ford costs around $13 billion. We can afford it. Great Britain can't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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