Thanks for the explanation buffpuff, most educational. I see your point about the angled deck being more safe. But I still have more questions (just plain inquisitive i s’pose 😀 ) :

I believe the Viraat was upgraded to have an angled deck. So why not the MiG29k on the Viraat, i don’t know if it has an exactly stobar kind of set up -arrestor wires and all but how difficult would this be on the Viraat?

And then again, if the Viraat is too old for this type of reworking, why not modify the invincible and get her to have an angled deck?

I guess the question i’m wrestling with is: are the Viraat/Invincible unable to operate any other plane apart from the Harrier (or perhaps the JSF?) thanks largely to the latter’s Vectored thrust engines? And hey, talking about TVC, isn’t the MiG 29k supposed to get that type of engine?

Regards,
USS

Hi newbee here ref the Viraat ex HMS Hermes she was completed in 1959 with an angled flightdeck ,the problem for the Viraat converting to larger fixed wing aircraft is type of aircraft….will it fit on aircraft lifts and also fit in hanger, secondly larger aircraft means fewer carried the same problem go’s with the Invincible class too, 20,000 ton carrier is a small platform for a Mig 29 to land on 🙂