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Aircraft carrier converted to Lowestoft Airport

Unread postPosted: 05 Jan 2017, 06:16
by KamenRiderBlade
http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/ ... t-carrier/

If this is true, this is the best use of an Aircraft Carrier for retirement IMO.

I wonder what small civil Aviation plane can take off of a ski ramp?

Re: Aircraft carrier converted to Lowestoft Airport

Unread postPosted: 14 Jan 2017, 19:04
by rheonomic
This story is BS.

See http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-38224115.

Also, the entire concept is ludicrous.

Re: Aircraft carrier converted to Lowestoft Airport

Unread postPosted: 15 Jan 2017, 11:17
by airforces_freak
This is bogus news. The decommissioned former British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious has been transferred to Turkey and is currently moored at Aliaga, at a Turkish shipyard/recycling facility in Izmir awaiting its fate (either being dismantled for scrap or being modernized by the Turkish Navy to be used as a LHD until the commissioning of TCG Anadolu).

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http://www.ahaber.com.tr/galeri/yasam/i ... alanacak/3

Re: Aircraft carrier converted to Lowestoft Airport

Unread postPosted: 15 Jan 2017, 11:38
by popcorn
KamenRiderBlade wrote:http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/aircraft-carrier/

If this is true, this is the best use of an Aircraft Carrier for retirement IMO.

I wonder what small civil Aviation plane can take off of a ski ramp?



This should have raised a red flag or three.. HAHA

“This may cause some noise nuisance on Romany Road but most of the residents who live there are too deaf to notice.”

Re: Aircraft carrier converted to Lowestoft Airport

Unread postPosted: 15 Jan 2017, 11:48
by airforces_freak
popcorn wrote:
KamenRiderBlade wrote:http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/aircraft-carrier/

If this is true, this is the best use of an Aircraft Carrier for retirement IMO.

I wonder what small civil Aviation plane can take off of a ski ramp?



This should have raised a red flag or three.. HAHA

“This may cause some noise nuisance on Romany Road but most of the residents who live there are too deaf to notice.”


Of course but I wanted to support KamenRiderBlade's sarcastic response :-)

Re: Aircraft carrier converted to Lowestoft Airport

Unread postPosted: 15 Jan 2017, 14:05
by KamenRiderBlade
Sucks that it isn't being used as a General Aviation airport.

Imagine the fun in landing a small cessna style plane on the flight deck.