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HMS QE - FLIGHT DECK ACTION 20 AUG 18 - UK SW APPROACHES
The QE's flight deck scene earlier on Monday 20 Aug 18 in the UK South West sea approaches as the 3 new Merlin HCMk4 Commando Support Helicopters from 845NAS Furious Flight join the ship from RNAS Yeovilton and WESTLANT18 deployment. On the far aft is a single Merlin HM2 ASW aircraft of 820NAS who will provide ASW screening and other helicopter support during the deployment to the USA East coast and Caribbean waters until December 18.
Note also the aircraft movement serials appearing on one of the large FLYCO data screens on the forward face of the aft Island
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845NAS' sqn badge is the Dragonfly, Furious flight is named in honour of one of the world's first aircraft carriers, HMS Furious, which served in two World Wars.
The QE's flight deck scene earlier on Monday 20 Aug 18 in the UK South West sea approaches as the 3 new Merlin HCMk4 Commando Support Helicopters from 845NAS Furious Flight join the ship from RNAS Yeovilton and WESTLANT18 deployment. On the far aft is a single Merlin HM2 ASW aircraft of 820NAS who will provide ASW screening and other helicopter support during the deployment to the USA East coast and Caribbean waters until December 18.
Note also the aircraft movement serials appearing on one of the large FLYCO data screens on the forward face of the aft Island
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845NAS' sqn badge is the Dragonfly, Furious flight is named in honour of one of the world's first aircraft carriers, HMS Furious, which served in two World Wars.
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asif iqbal
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I remember reading back in 2015 about this deployment to the US in fall of 2018
How quickly time flys
How quickly time flys
The guy in the middle of the ramp looks kinda familiar...
He's literally at the end of 'The Dark Path'...
He's literally at the end of 'The Dark Path'...
Jura The idiot
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F.A.B.!!
Royal Air Force Sqn Ldr Andrew "Gary" Edgell, Peter "Wizzer" Wilson, BAE test pilot , test pilots at the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, perform ski jump test Aug. 13, 2018, at NAS Patuxent River with an F-35B test jet as part of the workups to prepare for First of Class Flying Trials (Fixed Wing) aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Around 200 supporting staff from the ITF, including pilots, engineers, maintainers and data analysts, will take two F-35Bs test aircraft aboard the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier this fall and are expected to conduct 500 take offs and landings during their 11-week test period at sea. This fixed wing test period brings the U.K. one step closer to carrier strike capabilities. U.S. Navy photos by Arnel Parker
Royal Air Force Sqn Ldr Andrew "Gary" Edgell, Peter "Wizzer" Wilson, BAE test pilot , test pilots at the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, perform ski jump test Aug. 13, 2018, at NAS Patuxent River with an F-35B test jet as part of the workups to prepare for First of Class Flying Trials (Fixed Wing) aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Around 200 supporting staff from the ITF, including pilots, engineers, maintainers and data analysts, will take two F-35Bs test aircraft aboard the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier this fall and are expected to conduct 500 take offs and landings during their 11-week test period at sea. This fixed wing test period brings the U.K. one step closer to carrier strike capabilities. U.S. Navy photos by Arnel Parker
Jura The idiot
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Bit of nostalgia here, Some USN A-7s, F-4s and A-6s cross decking to the Ark Royal back in the 70s:
Pretty relevant to the future as the QECs will regularly embark USMC F-35Bs and helos/tilt rotors alongside UK aircraft.
Pretty relevant to the future as the QECs will regularly embark USMC F-35Bs and helos/tilt rotors alongside UK aircraft.