Dave
Yes, the decommissioning of the ark brough tears to several peoples eyes mine included.
You know that rod stewart released the "I am sailing" as a single back in the days of vinyl.
The latest ark has just been sold for scrap, leaving illustrious as our last carrier (even though it doesn't have any harriers) and it just a helicopter carrier.
Hopefully the recession will be over by the time the QE and POW launch and we get to keep both. UK defence spending has dropped below 2% of budget - lowest since just before WWII, so it should be going back up by then.
I think they were looking at french fighters if the JSF is late / scrapped.
Richard
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.
Yes, the decommissioning of the ark brough tears to several peoples eyes mine included.
You know that rod stewart released the "I am sailing" as a single back in the days of vinyl.
The latest ark has just been sold for scrap, leaving illustrious as our last carrier (even though it doesn't have any harriers) and it just a helicopter carrier.
Hopefully the recession will be over by the time the QE and POW launch and we get to keep both. UK defence spending has dropped below 2% of budget - lowest since just before WWII, so it should be going back up by then.
I think they were looking at french fighters if the JSF is late / scrapped.
Richard
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.