CV-16 Liaoning (001 carrier) Thread II ...News, Views and operations
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Intrepid
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Four aircraft parked near the island as they have just landed ...
... and six aircraft parked at the bow as they have just landed.
That are ten aircraft from one single mission. I have never seen before so many aircraft that could been landed in one wave on a Kuznetsov-type carrier. Very very taff!
... and six aircraft parked at the bow as they have just landed.
That are ten aircraft from one single mission. I have never seen before so many aircraft that could been landed in one wave on a Kuznetsov-type carrier. Very very taff!
DDDThere isn't any excuse for what look like poor maintenance culture, whether it is due for a major overhaul or not and as I always say the equipment would perform as it looks, in this case a disaster waiting to happen, boilers have been known explode. It looks like it is being held together by duct tapes and a prayer. I had visited building central heating and cooling plant rooms of some major organizations in China and have walk away impressed with how the equipment is kept, maybe this is a maintenance culture that is followed by the military.
The Kuznetsov was launched 31 years ago next month and has not had a major overhaul during this entire period of time. Even with poor maintenance practices on the part of the Russians this is not a fair comparison.
SteelBird
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You really can't compare the two, Kuznetsov is more than 30 year old while Liaoning was just newly rebuilt. I read somewhere that wherever Kuznetsov goes, a tug always accompanies it so if engines die, it can towed home.
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