Media ufficiali assegnazione a RNAS Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall, Regno Unito. Il 27 giugno, 2017. CPO Paul Ranson raffigurato nella parte anteriore di uno dei la replica F35B getti questi quattro nuovi "faux-jet fighter' svolgerà un ponte di volo per la formazione di un altro livello, come CPO Paul Ranson, responsabile della formazione di tutti ha avviato la formazione, spiega: "Abbiamo bisogno di fornire come addestramento realistico possibile prima che i tirocinanti andare al mare.
4358 x 2925 px | 36,9 x 24,8 cm | 14,5 x 9,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
27 giugno 2017
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RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Helston, United Kingdom
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CPO Paul Ranson pictured in front of one of the replica F35B jets These four new ‘faux-fighter jets’ will take flight deck training to another level, as CPO Paul Ranson, Training Manager for all Embarked Training, explains: “We need to provide as realistic training as possible before the trainees go to sea. Aircraft handlers are vital to the new carrier. Without them the Royal Navy cannot conduct safe aviation at sea. Flight decks are very dangerous, at sea even more so. It’s our job to protect the aircraft and the aircrew flying them. Managing the flight deck is mentally and physically challenging, so the training has to be quite rigorous and as realistic as possible.” The addition of the four fibre-glass models to the ‘mini air force’ – which already includes unwanted Harrier jump jets and Merlin helicopters – takes training for the Queen Elizabeth to the next level. Paul, who is soon to join HMS Queen Elizabeth himself as the Captain of the Flight Deck added: “To be ‘carrier-ready’, we need to practise moving all different shapes and sizes of aircraft. Ninety-nine per cent of handlers have never been near an F35-B yet or moved anything nearly that large on a flight deck, ” says Paul. “They have been training using Sea Harrier which provide the noise and the smell, but the new aircraft are vastly different in size. The new training aids are really life-like and above all they give a sense of realism to the training here. To have these life-size replicas of the real thing is so important, invaluable actually. There is no margin for error when operating with live aircraft on a real flight deck at sea.” Two of the replica F-35s have opening cockpits – used to practise rescuing injured pilots in a crash. At the ‘Live Deck’ exercise today, Owner of Gate Guards UK David Hobson, saw all four models together for the first time. He said: “It was amazing to be given the opportunity to build these training aids. It was a challenge t
