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A Merlin helicopter, the first aircraft to ever touch down on HMS Queen Elizabeth's flight deck

1,477 views · Published 3 July 2017 · 1:00 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: MechDesignTV · 2017 · Science & Technology

[video: Royal Navy]

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A Merlin helicopter has landed on HMS Queen Elizabeth's enormous flight deck - the first aircraft to ever touch down on Britain's biggest warship.
It fell to 26-year-old pilot Lieutenant Luke Wraith from Yorkshire to set the 14-tonne helicopter safely down on the aircraft carrier, just days after she left Rosyth to begin trials in the North Sea.
He had a four-acre flight deck - almost the size of three football pitches - to aim for, where experienced aircraft handlers were waiting to guide him safely in and then lash the helicopter firmly down.

Full story:http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/july/03/170703-young-pilot-makes-history-with-first-deck-landing-on-hms-queen-elizabeth

A Merlin helicopter, the first aircraft to ever touch down on HMS Queen Elizabeth's flight deck

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