UK carrier power is back

COMMENT Lt Luke Wraith of 820 NAS performs the first ever landing on the deck of HMS ‘Queen Elizabeth’ in Merlin HM2 ZH827. Crown Copyright TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD PILOT Lt Luke Wraith can be forgiven for having felt nervous. As he carefully placed his Merlin HM2 helicopter onto the huge deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth on July 3, he was writing an historic chapter in the Royal Navy’s annals – and launching a new era of British maritime and air power. “I’m