Jura The idiot
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OK your British humor (or is it humour? LOL) in action
Aircraft Carriers III
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A couple more of the arrival:
HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier arrives at Mayport for first look at America
There were no trumpets on the pier to herald her arrival. The only fancy hats were ones issued by the Royal Navy. And the metal gangplank was certainly not fit for a queen.
But there she was: HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Her majesty’s ship, the first of the British fleet’s two new aircraft carriers, glided into Naval Station Mayport on Wednesday. She was dressed in gray.
The Queen Elizabeth is here for a pit stop before it heads north to conduct takeoff and landing trials with F-35B Lightning II fighters that are part of the Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.
“It’s a logistics stop to refuel and bring on additional stores [supplies],” said Lt. Cmdr. Lindsey Waudby, the ship’s public affairs officer.
She said the British sailors will get a chance to experience everything Florida has to offer before they move on for more training.
“The weather is already very welcoming,” Waudby said before she stepped off the ship a little after 2 p.m. “It’s pretty warm. We’re not quite climatized yet, but we will be by the time we leave.”
The plan is to hit the beach, she said, and relax after a training-filled trans-Atlantic crossing.
The massive ship on the horizon got bigger and bigger as it approached the mouth of the St. Johns River, and U.S. Navy personnel rushed to receive the special vessel holding hundreds of sailors from across the pond.
As the Queen Elizabeth eased into the basin with the help of four attending tugboats, it was clearly the largest ship in sight. The USS Iwo Jima — a big-deck amphibious assault ship that’s normally the biggest Navy ship by far at Mayport — looked much smaller tied up on a separate pier.
Once the Queen Elizabeth was tied to the pier, it took another hour or so to get the gangplank in place. But before the sailors could leave on liberty, a group of high-ranking U.S. Navy officers boarded to see what the new ship was all about.
The arrival felt much different than a homecoming in which the pier is crowded with family and friends awaitingtheir loved ones. But there was a handful of people waiting to see sailors on the ship.
“This is a unique opportunity to welcome a new ship to Florida, but it makes it even cooler that I know someone on board,” said Donnalee Caraballo from Tampa.
She made the drive with her husband to see her goddaughter Aaby Aldridge, who serves on the ship and is also a member of the Royal Navy’s ski team.
Caraballo recently became a U.S. citizen but was raised in England. She rented a beach house in Jacksonville Beach for the rest of the week to show Aldridge around.
“We knew it might be in Virginia or New York and we were prepared to make the trip, but this was a much shorter drive and we are excited to show her what Florida is like,” Caraballo said.
The Queen Elizabeth didn’t come to Mayport alone. Her support ship the HMS Monmouth, a Type-23 frigate, pulled into the pier a few hours after the carrier arrived.
The ships’ three-month visit to the U.S. is an opportunity to build the military relationship between the services, and that relationship will be on full display when the crew makes the trip north.
A major from the U.S. Marine Corps will join three British test pilots to conduct the first deck landings on board the Queen Elizabeth in the waters off Maryland. The hope is to have the ship fully operational in its role in the carrier strike group by 2021.
Commodore Andrew Betton said in a statement, “The first F-35B embarked trials in a UK aircraft carrier are not only key to future operational success, but represent an iconic moment for the modern Royal Navy.”
There were no trumpets on the pier to herald her arrival. The only fancy hats were ones issued by the Royal Navy. And the metal gangplank was certainly not fit for a queen.
But there she was: HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Her majesty’s ship, the first of the British fleet’s two new aircraft carriers, glided into Naval Station Mayport on Wednesday. She was dressed in gray.
The Queen Elizabeth is here for a pit stop before it heads north to conduct takeoff and landing trials with F-35B Lightning II fighters that are part of the Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.
“It’s a logistics stop to refuel and bring on additional stores [supplies],” said Lt. Cmdr. Lindsey Waudby, the ship’s public affairs officer.
She said the British sailors will get a chance to experience everything Florida has to offer before they move on for more training.
“The weather is already very welcoming,” Waudby said before she stepped off the ship a little after 2 p.m. “It’s pretty warm. We’re not quite climatized yet, but we will be by the time we leave.”
The plan is to hit the beach, she said, and relax after a training-filled trans-Atlantic crossing.
The massive ship on the horizon got bigger and bigger as it approached the mouth of the St. Johns River, and U.S. Navy personnel rushed to receive the special vessel holding hundreds of sailors from across the pond.
As the Queen Elizabeth eased into the basin with the help of four attending tugboats, it was clearly the largest ship in sight. The USS Iwo Jima — a big-deck amphibious assault ship that’s normally the biggest Navy ship by far at Mayport — looked much smaller tied up on a separate pier.
Once the Queen Elizabeth was tied to the pier, it took another hour or so to get the gangplank in place. But before the sailors could leave on liberty, a group of high-ranking U.S. Navy officers boarded to see what the new ship was all about.
The arrival felt much different than a homecoming in which the pier is crowded with family and friends awaitingtheir loved ones. But there was a handful of people waiting to see sailors on the ship.
“This is a unique opportunity to welcome a new ship to Florida, but it makes it even cooler that I know someone on board,” said Donnalee Caraballo from Tampa.
She made the drive with her husband to see her goddaughter Aaby Aldridge, who serves on the ship and is also a member of the Royal Navy’s ski team.
Caraballo recently became a U.S. citizen but was raised in England. She rented a beach house in Jacksonville Beach for the rest of the week to show Aldridge around.
“We knew it might be in Virginia or New York and we were prepared to make the trip, but this was a much shorter drive and we are excited to show her what Florida is like,” Caraballo said.
The Queen Elizabeth didn’t come to Mayport alone. Her support ship the HMS Monmouth, a Type-23 frigate, pulled into the pier a few hours after the carrier arrived.
The ships’ three-month visit to the U.S. is an opportunity to build the military relationship between the services, and that relationship will be on full display when the crew makes the trip north.
A major from the U.S. Marine Corps will join three British test pilots to conduct the first deck landings on board the Queen Elizabeth in the waters off Maryland. The hope is to have the ship fully operational in its role in the carrier strike group by 2021.
Commodore Andrew Betton said in a statement, “The first F-35B embarked trials in a UK aircraft carrier are not only key to future operational success, but represent an iconic moment for the modern Royal Navy.”
Jura The idiot
General
I've already heard an EMALS catapult on the Ford can't be repaired without shutting down the rest of those catapults,
now noticed the blogger wondering
how it's for EM elevators
Advanced Weapons Elevators
awe indeed
now noticed the blogger wondering
how it's for EM elevators
Advanced Weapons Elevators
awe indeed
Jura The idiot
General
Jan 20, 2018
It’s Now Possible To Telepathically Communicate with a Drone Swarm
I guess Jan 20, 2018
but (LOL!)
It’s Now Possible To Telepathically Communicate with a Drone Swarm
I guess Jan 20, 2018
applies
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
.... cyberpunk
That would still be remote control. Just changing the remote interface.
That would still be remote control. Just changing the remote interface.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
What date will F35B make it’s touch down on the deck of QE?
Bet the Americans are having a real good look at her
Bet the Americans are having a real good look at her
Oh they are, when she arrived in Mayport she was visited by a number of senior USN officers wanting a look around. They'll only be the first of many.
First F-35B trials are scheduled somewhere between late September and early October, depending on circumstances. Could be as early as two weeks away! In the meantime, after a few days in Mayport to resupply, she'll be headed off to carry out warm/tropical weather trials in the Caribbean before heading North to Norfolk from where the F-35B trials will be carried out.