This company makes telescopic hangers http://www.indaltech.com/products/structures/structures.htm
Anyone know what ship this is?

The Lurssen corvettes of the UAE (CM 65) and Bahrain (CM 62) Navies are just over 60m and have helo facilities. http://www.luerssen.de/frame.html

These Boeing mini fighters have a family resemblance to the CALF and MRF studies.

Check out the 747 mini fighter mothership, I wonder if Air Force 1 carries any 😉

Pics from here http://aircraftstories.free.fr/index.html

I haven’t read it myself yet, but Richard Herman’s ”The Warbirds” is about a F-4 fighter wing and its highly rated. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380708388/qid=1114444288/sr=1-11/ref=sr_1_0_11/202-0968521-5743849

Haven’t read ”Nimitz class” for a while but it does sound possible, I think the Kilo’s have low speed manoeuvring motors which would help.

I recently read ”No Escape Zone” by Nick Richardson, whose Sea Harrier was shot down over Gorazde on 16th April 1994.

Its a good account of the events before, during and after the shoot down, and it has some very good Sea Harrier passages in which the limitations of the FRS1 are made clear.

A good read. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0751531022/qid=1114435933/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/026-6247697-3818024

CALF=Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter

I always liked the sound of this program, especially the ”Affordable” and ”Lightweight” part. I think it would have made a better Harrier replacement than the JSF.