@philreading3836 The ramp is a brilliant idea and it turned the Invincible-class into much more capable assets! But a shame that CVA-01 never was built!
@ArcticNatureExperiences invincible class were officially classed as through deck cruisers. To hide the fact that aircraft carriers were declared of no further use by the establishment. Hence loads of us made redundant
@philreading3836 Do not get me started on the subject of spin in the MOD. The ramp helped the Invincibles to be a more capable class, but they were not the proper solution for what the RN and UK needed.
Nice shots here. To see a Harrier on HMS Ark Royal is quite cool.
They came on for trials. Was not too successful discovered it was payload verus fuel the ramp solved that.
@philreading3836 The ramp is a brilliant idea and it turned the Invincible-class into much more capable assets! But a shame that CVA-01 never was built!
@ArcticNatureExperiences invincible class were officially classed as through deck cruisers. To hide the fact that aircraft carriers were declared of no further use by the establishment. Hence loads of us made redundant
@philreading3836 Do not get me started on the subject of spin in the MOD. The ramp helped the Invincibles to be a more capable class, but they were not the proper solution for what the RN and UK needed.