Aircraft Carriers III

navyreco

navyreco

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U.S. Navy C-2A Crew Conducted Qualification Flights with French Navy Aircraft Carrier
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On January 6th, a US Navy C-2A Greyhound carrier on-board delivery (COD) aircraft from fleet logistic support squadron VRC-40 "Rawhides" performed some qualification flights with French Navy (Marine Nationale) aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. Nine traps (arrested landing) and a series of touch and go were performed by three US Navy pilots. The goal was to re-qualify them in operations aboard the French aircraft carrier.

US Navy Nimitz class aircraft carriers and the Charles de Gaulle have a few differences. Among them are the layout of the deck, the location of the mirror, only three arresting wires (as opposed to four on the Nimitz class). To be perfectly comfortable during operational missions, pilots must know the working environment of the flight deck. Naval aviation pilots must pass a carrier qualification whenever they are switching aircraft carrier types. It consists of a "go around", several touch-and-go on deck and at least one arrested landing. The pilot is then perfectly comfortable to conduct operational missions.

The presence of American sailors aboard the French aircraft carrier also contributed in the success of this requalification. A Landing Signal Officer (LSO) from aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman was present on board. The American LSO gave his expertise to his French counterparts on how to guide the C-2 aircraft type during the final landing phase. The French aircraft handling teams got familiarized again in the movements and specific employment characteristics of the C-2 on the Charles de Gaulle flight deck.
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asif iqbal

asif iqbal

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aksha said:
INS Viraat hangar
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MAITHRIPALA SIRISENA PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA , visited the carrier today morning

apparently it is the first time a carrier is entering a Sri Lankan port in 42 years
last was the Vikrant

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was accorded 50 men ceremonial Guard of Honour on INS Vikramaditya

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Very Good Show, Hangar bay looks very well sorted, and shipshape as does the whole ship and crew!
 
Jeff Head

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Very Good Show, Hangar bay looks very well sorted, and shipshape as does the whole ship and crew!
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That's the hanger bay of the old Viraat (notice the six harriers in there on the right), which is an old 1950s era (actually laid down in 1944) HMS Hermes that was sold to, and then refitted by the Indians in the 1980s. It is on its last deployment.
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The other pics are of the Vikramaditya, the new Indian carrier that was refit from the Russian Gorshkov.
 
FORBIN

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Ammaaazziingg ! :p

Charles de Gaule with her TF,
- Forward, air defense frigate Chevalier Paul
- Port, two multi- mission frigates ( FREMM ) Aquitaine and Provence
- Starboard, German frigate Augsburg and the British frigate HMS St Albans
- Behind is the replenishment ship Marne.

A beautiful and very capable TF !

Sadly :( small pics and can' t enlarge more, damn ! waiting anxious better :) let' s the French busy for find it :cool:

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damitch300

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M frigates have an enclosed high mast more forward.
Whilst the S frigate/german bremen class has a middle medium mast and open.
They do look similiar though. Both Dutch design.

A question.
Has an harrier ever landes on the Vikramaditya?
Would be a marvelous picture haha

But i quess it cant since the heat on the deck?
 
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