Lining up the approach: preparing for QEC fixed-wing flying trials

摘要

In just two years' rime, HMS Queen Elizabeth - the first of the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) two new 65,000-ton Queen Elizabeth-class (QEC) aircraft carriers - is due to embark four Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning Ⅱ aircraft off the US eastern seaboard and commence an intensive programme of Fixed-Wing First-of-Class FlyingTrials (FOCFT).