Agreed. One thing however that does concern me is that with all the talk of ‘Cats and Traps’ there is scarcely any mention at all of JBD’s – to my mind an equally important part of making the whole thing work. Even the updated graphics dont show JBD in fit. At least the US Navy seem to be going full steam ahead ……

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hi if you have a look at he aircraft carrier alliance website under the “ships” headiing,in this picture there apears to be red oblong lines behind the f35c just where the jet blast deflecters would be,also i do hope liger30 is right about queeny in service in 2016,they would probly put her in “reserve” when the pow comes in with cats n traps

hi
personaly im all for the f35b variant but since the government say no,im just glad that they are being built,then maybe if we are very lucky that when they are in service that the politicians realise how versatile these mobile airfields can be for the next 40-50 years & give them the equiptment they deserve,hawkeyes+dedicated f35 squdron for defence,extra planes for surge operations,& my opinion that what good value for money they are! i just saw on the mod website that the brazilian defence minister is getting a tour of the construction so far,lucky geezer!

hi,
i just saw in a few sites that lower block 2 pieces are getting put together & its going to be transported next aprill, ive also seen that some flight deck blocks CB03 a-d are getting transported in august this year,so does anybody know when CB03 will be going to rosyth?

Thanks for posting the photo cockneyjock1974,i hope your right that we get both with cats n traps,i cant really see the point if we only fit one with them,i actually hope we can share one with the french (as long as they pay!) then at least they are both being used,it would save the french building another carrier,i was on the ACA website and saw a time lapse of the goliath crane,well good,so looking forward to the future progress.

2012 before any decisions are made? does any body know when in 2012? also i think its a wee bit annoying the aircraft carrier alliance has not updated their website recently!

if both carriers get cats & traps {i hpe they do} could we rent one out to the french when the c de g is unavaliable,might give us some income instead of her sitting round doing nowt,or even dare i say it brazil?

hi, since we have already bought a couple of f35b planes,i dont understand why we dont just complete queenie in stovl form in 2016, then buy another 10 or so f35b to operate of her, then go for the f35c for pow later in 2020,then you only have to convert one carrier with cats & traps until finances improve,