Hi, another Brit here, and one who is actually working on equipment for the QE class carriers at the moment.
Martin.
--- In , dcndcn13@... wrote:
>
> Richard--
>
> Thanks for replying. I'd known at the time that the BBC made a documentary
> programme aboard Ark Royal on her 1976 cruise, and of course at the time
> it was impossible to Tivo or DVR things, especially from a foreign market.
> But I just recently discovered that the Beeb had re-released "Sailor" on
> DVD, so I naturally had to get me one. I tried to buy it off the BBC site,
> but they won't ship to the US, instead re-directing you to BBC America or
> BBC Canada, who of course don't sell it. I finally got one off eBay, and
> I'm watching it now, and loving it. What a great programme!
>
> So I just wanted to thank a representative of Great Britain for:
>
> 1. Inventing/perfecting professional, modern navies
> 2. Inventing aircraft carriers,
> 3. Inventing the angled deck,
> 4. Inventing the steam catapult,
> 5. Inventing the mirror landing system,
> 6. Building Ark Royal (R09), and
> 7. Making a TV show of her last days.
>
> A real shame about Ark, Eagle, and Vic back in the late 60s. Back in late
> high school/early college Jane's still kept track of ships retained in
> decommissioned status (now they just say, "discarded" as a catch-all for
> decommissioned, struck, scrapped, which is annoying), and I'd always check
> the latest edition to see if Ark and Eagle were still being retained in
> "ordinary," or for parts, and it always made me feel a little better to
> see their names were still there.
>
> So now, all these years later, I finally get a chance to see the Ark in
> action, finicky engines and equipment and all. Very nice indeed.
>
> So please accept my thanks on behalf of your great nation, and pass it
> along to the Queen, if you see her. And I am really pulling for the new QE
> and PoW to get completed in some form or fashion, CATOBAR, STOBAR,
> whatever. There is some good content and a great video at
> www.aircraftcarrieralliance.co.uk if you're interested.
>
> By the way, if you or anyone else on this list ever learn that Sailor has
> been released on DVD Region 1 (what we play in the US), perhaps you could
> pass that on to me. Fortunately MS Windows will allow me to change my DVD
> player to read Region 2, but I can only change it 4 times total, and then
> it's locked that way, even if I re-install Windows. Guess I'll have to buy
> a Region 2 DVD player, and maybe a power converter to plug it into my US
> wall sockets.
>
> Rule, Britannia! Britannia Rule the Waves!
> Britons never, ever, ever will be slaves!
>
> Dave
>
> > One here
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: dcndcn13@...
> > To:
> > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 1:53 AM
> > Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor
> >
> >
> >
> > How many on this list are Brits? Subjects of Her Majesty? Folks that
> > when
> > you think, "our Navy," you mean The Royal Navy?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
Martin.
--- In , dcndcn13@... wrote:
>
> Richard--
>
> Thanks for replying. I'd known at the time that the BBC made a documentary
> programme aboard Ark Royal on her 1976 cruise, and of course at the time
> it was impossible to Tivo or DVR things, especially from a foreign market.
> But I just recently discovered that the Beeb had re-released "Sailor" on
> DVD, so I naturally had to get me one. I tried to buy it off the BBC site,
> but they won't ship to the US, instead re-directing you to BBC America or
> BBC Canada, who of course don't sell it. I finally got one off eBay, and
> I'm watching it now, and loving it. What a great programme!
>
> So I just wanted to thank a representative of Great Britain for:
>
> 1. Inventing/perfecting professional, modern navies
> 2. Inventing aircraft carriers,
> 3. Inventing the angled deck,
> 4. Inventing the steam catapult,
> 5. Inventing the mirror landing system,
> 6. Building Ark Royal (R09), and
> 7. Making a TV show of her last days.
>
> A real shame about Ark, Eagle, and Vic back in the late 60s. Back in late
> high school/early college Jane's still kept track of ships retained in
> decommissioned status (now they just say, "discarded" as a catch-all for
> decommissioned, struck, scrapped, which is annoying), and I'd always check
> the latest edition to see if Ark and Eagle were still being retained in
> "ordinary," or for parts, and it always made me feel a little better to
> see their names were still there.
>
> So now, all these years later, I finally get a chance to see the Ark in
> action, finicky engines and equipment and all. Very nice indeed.
>
> So please accept my thanks on behalf of your great nation, and pass it
> along to the Queen, if you see her. And I am really pulling for the new QE
> and PoW to get completed in some form or fashion, CATOBAR, STOBAR,
> whatever. There is some good content and a great video at
> www.aircraftcarrieralliance.co.uk if you're interested.
>
> By the way, if you or anyone else on this list ever learn that Sailor has
> been released on DVD Region 1 (what we play in the US), perhaps you could
> pass that on to me. Fortunately MS Windows will allow me to change my DVD
> player to read Region 2, but I can only change it 4 times total, and then
> it's locked that way, even if I re-install Windows. Guess I'll have to buy
> a Region 2 DVD player, and maybe a power converter to plug it into my US
> wall sockets.
>
> Rule, Britannia! Britannia Rule the Waves!
> Britons never, ever, ever will be slaves!
>
> Dave
>
> > One here
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: dcndcn13@...
> > To:
> > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 1:53 AM
> > Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor
> >
> >
> >
> > How many on this list are Brits? Subjects of Her Majesty? Folks that
> > when
> > you think, "our Navy," you mean The Royal Navy?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>