Hms Illustrious in Liverpool

shillelagh · 21-10-2009, 18:23

Day out for you this weekend maybe ...

HMS Illustrious in Liverpool - The Official Tourist Information Website for Liverpool and Merseyside

for those of you interested in the navy and ships .. but theres a flypast on friday of 40 aircraft

On 23 October 2009 the Royal Navy will be paying tribute to 100 years of naval aviation with a spectacular flypast over the UK's strike carrier, HMS Illustrious, in Liverpool.
The flypast will consist of 40 current and historic Royal Navy aircraft including Merlin, Sea King and Lynx helicopters, Falcon and Hawk jets, 2 GR9 Harriers, 4 Fireflys and classic Naval favourites, the Seafire and Sea Fury. The aircraft will form a sequence of formations flying along the River Mersey and passing directly over the carrier.

Eric · 23-10-2009, 01:23

I wonder how many people realise the massive contribution the British made to naval aviation: the first aircraft carrier, the first Pearl Harbour style raid (the Japanese learned from the damage the Swordfish torpedo bombers did to the Italian fleet; the Americans didn't), the angled flight deck, the catapult etc.

shillelagh · 25-10-2009, 18:54

I went today with my brother .. a lot of people round there .. it took ages queueing up .. 1hr and half before we got on the ship ..

shillelagh · 25-10-2009, 21:29

By the way its still there tomorrow and the public can go round it tomorrow as well. It sails on tuesday at 2pm ..

yerself · 26-10-2009, 09:52

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

I went today with my brother .. a lot of people round there .. it took ages queueing up .. 1hr and half before we got on the ship ..

We went. Didn't bother queueing to get on, looked like it was taking about 2 hours. The queue stretched along the waterfront, round the corner and over the bridge when we were there.

flashy · 26-10-2009, 10:07

good pics Jen

shillelagh · 26-10-2009, 12:52

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Originally Posted by yerself

We went. Didn't bother queueing to get on, looked like it was taking about 2 hours. The queue stretched along the waterfront, round the corner and over the bridge when we were there.

when we got to the back of the queue at 12.30 we were on the bridge .. but later on as we were moving on round it was over the bridge and further on up the road ..