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good bye Invincible
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:31 amby Craig.
Well HMS Invincible has returned to port after her final tour of duty, and will now be decomissioned after many years of great service. The Falklands, middle east and many other areas of combat. Pleanty of miles on the clock:) we now only have two carriers left i believe.
Re: good bye Invincible
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:35 amby AlphaBravo
Is it me, or does it seem that the MOD/Goverment are slowly reducing the size of our navy? Because when the fleet review was on ther was about 3 warships there that were to be decommisioned.
Craig
Re: good bye Invincible
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:42 amby Craig.
Invincible was getting on in years. Its just a case of waiting now for them to pull their heads out and get on with the new carriers.
Re: good bye Invincible
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:12 amby Tequila Sunrise
tug boats with carrier pidgeons :P
personally I'll believe it when I see them in the water ::)
Craig 8)
Re: good bye Invincible
Posted:
Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:50 pmby flyboy 28
The
Invincible is the one with the deck tilted upwards at the end? Always looked goofy to me.
Re: good bye Invincible
Posted:
Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:51 pmby Craig.
ski ramp, and they all have them. Works out alot easier than a catapult as we dont have anything but harriers in the navy.
Re: good bye Invincible
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:56 pmby C
The
Invincible is the one with the deck tilted upwards at the end? Always looked goofy to me.
Just the same as the
Ark Royal and
Illustrious...
It was developed shortly before the Falklands to assist the heavily loaded SHARs and Harrier's of the deck by increasing their upward vector...
Re: good bye Invincible
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:49 pmby HawkerTempest5
Its just a case of waiting now for them to pull their heads out and get on with the new carriers.
Lets face it, we are never going to get those carriers and I'll be amazed if we even get JSF. When the Sea Harrier goes, will the Royal Naval Historic Flight have the only fixed wing aircraft in the Royal Navy
Swordfish and Sea Fury on HMS Ark Royal.
Re: good bye Invincible
Posted:
Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:58 pmby Craig.
At least they are more effective, and combat prooven:)
Re: good bye Invincible
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Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:49 amby ozzy72
Alas another brilliant idea by the Ministy of
DipshiDipsticks
As one carrier is in overhaul at the moment that leaves us with exactly one carrier currently on extended ops in the Gulf
Re: good bye Invincible
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Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:15 pmby Craig.
I think at Fairford they said that very soon there will be no sea harriers
They are being moved as part of the joint operations force, i cant think of the name for it right now.
Re: good bye Invincible
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Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:28 pmby C
[quote]I think at Fairford they said that very soon there will be no sea harriers
Re: good bye Invincible
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Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:12 pmby Hagar
So let me get this straight, as of 2006 we shall have no fixed wing naval attack aircraft?
Speechless....................
Charlie doesn't seem to be around. Read this.
http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/2002/gr9/gr9.htm