German Carrier found

Hello Newforest-There is a good thread on this subject on the militaryphotos.net forum which includes some good pics. etc

Good thinking D’lacy, I agree with your idea . The early buy of the F35 that we will get is bound to be full of previously unknown party tricks & should keep the investigation teams in business for many years,not to mention the Treasurer writing out cheques to pay for all the ‘fixes’.

Getting larger by the minute carriers

Shiplover.- Thanks for posting the extra info & drawings of Bremer Vulcan designs, also the drawing of the Ryojo reveals a bit more than some of the pics. I have seen. However did lifting that forward bridge up a level fix things or did the ship manage to avoid any more storms,lost at Santa Cruz she may not have been tested out.I have always been intrigued by the pop up Heath Robinson device used on the HMS Furious up forward as a sort of bridge.
Also the ADS design has a distinct Hermes/Viraat look about it with a few differences of course,in fact if Storch & yourself had not told us about its French & Italian origins I would have suspected it was an Indian effort.
Storch.- In an article I got off the web some years ago discussing the plans for the NUM, it was sugested that a better way forward for Italy at that time would be to build another Garibaldi but with significantly improved C4I capabilities & room for an embarked staff. Simultaneous construction of several LPH/ LPD would also take place ,these would be like Fincantieris LPD/LPH-12000t project. After that longwinded windupthe question is do you have any pics. or drawings of this LPD design. I know it is not really part of this thread but I have had no luck in the past with this so I thought I would give it a try.

Slippery. The oft used term “the wheels have fallen off”was never more apt. Sure, all older aircraft are not necessarily finished because of some mishap & yes they are only grounded. There will be no problem to get a team to investigate the problem, I suspect there is probably one on permenent standby 24/7.It is time to cut our losses with this old junk.Even if we only bought 12 new planes it would give us more operational aircraft than The F111 can usually provide.It is a bit sad for Carlo though.

Small Carriers

Shiplover, Firstly with regard to your own concept-The bridge and flyco would get a rough ride perched up forward on a 200m ship but it does have some advantages.Also I cant tell from the pics if any allowance has been made to store and move ordinance .
Secondly I cant get a better pic on line of the Incat design as it was miniscule in the first place .I also agree with your comments,however Incats original concept which was fairly similar to the one posted was a Helicopter Transporter {Posted by Ja Worsley on another thread somewhere} this idea was more practical being used as a logistics supply role ,but I still have reservations about it.
Lastly, I would be interested to see any other Vulcan Bremer designs as I had never expected to see the one you posted yesterday,thanks for that.

Incat Carrier

Nice idea Shiplover,if you are interested in conceptual carriers try this one from Incat the designers of the hsv tss,also their HMAS Jervis Bay design was the inspiration for the LCS.

I went to a show earlier in the year & the Canberra was still in the hanger & did not fly which was a pity as it was the one I wanted to see most of all. However seeing the Hudson & Meteor was worth the trip for me.