F-35s in ‘BEAST’ mode, US Marine Ospreys on deck, and the maiden flight of one of the biggest drones ever to take off from a carrier: On board Britain’s biggest warship – the $4billion behemoth training with American pilots as she prepares to tackle China
The gray outline of a Marine V-22 Osprey drops out of the sky to take up position beside the flight deck of Britain’s biggest aircraft carrier. With a spotter hanging from its open doorway, the American test pilot swings the tail of the aircraft around and lowers it vertically to a pin point landing in … Read more