On board HMS Illustrious: Part 1

Thanks to an awesome invitation from the Royal Navy, I had the pleasure of of an hour on board HMS Illustrious this afternoon.

I’ll do a proper write-up tomorrow as I am quite tired this evening – but if you have a free day, pop along tomorrow (Sunday) as the sight from the shore of the ship is very impressive, but also there are static displays in the College grounds along with a demonstration of flying helicopters intercepting a patrol boat at 2pm (best views from the riverside in front of the college).

Until tomorrow though – here are a few photos:

Static display in Greenwich

Inside the main hanger

Big Lifts!

From the top of the (very high) ski jump ramp

London from the flight-deck of HMS Illustrious

Greenwich riverside from the top of the flightdeck