Tue Oct 02, 2018 11:05 pm
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Just because it's a nice picture, and also because the team started night flying trials 2 days ahead of schedule.
Dave W wrote:Just because it's a nice picture
Morten wrote:Dave W wrote:Just because it's a nice picture
A very nice picture indeed.
If it wasn't you posting this, I'd believe that to be a CGI - it looks too 'perfect' to be real.
Are you sure you're not pulling our legs?
Or is it just heavily laden with HDR and photoshop?
KenV on PPRuNe wrote:A digital camera with the kind of light sensitivity for such dark environment photos is sensitive down into the near infra red. So while your eye can't see the heat plume from the engine, the camera can.
Royal Navy wrote:British test pilot Peter Wilson made history when he conducted the first ever shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) this weekend – a method which looks like a conventional aircraft landing but requires even more intense skill and precision.
Previously the jets have conducted only vertical landings, hovering by the side of the ship before moving sideways over the deck and gently lowering down.
A rolling landing however requires the jet to make a more conventional landing approach, approaching the ship from behind at speed, before using thrust from its nozzle and lift created by air over the wings to touch down and gently come to a stop.
The UK is the only nation currently planning to use the manoeuver, which will allow jets to land on board the carrier with heavier loads, meaning they won’t need to jettison expensive fuel and weapons before landing.
Flown by Royal Navy and Royal Air Force pilots, the Lightning jets are embarking on the carrier to conduct operational trials off the East Coast of the USA, say the Royal Navy
Sooty25 wrote:English Channel for fisheries protection, starting 1st Nov!