CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[solongbd]

Did we get such high quality official first hand photos right after first trial of Shandong? It feels very uncommon this time.

Yes. Multiple aerial and on board photos and videos were released in May 2018. High resolution, some were 6K.

 

[lcloo]

A short 27 seconds video onboard Fujian.

 

[QIUSIYU]

 

[xiabonan]

Another video:
【003航母太太太大了！福建舰首次海试超震撼画面来了-哔哩哔哩】

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[ACuriousPLAFan]

More views of the Fujian during her sea trial. Posted by the official Weibo account of the PLA's Press & Communication Center.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Also, not forgetting the lifelong tradition of PLAN photographers in making Chinese CVs look like fishing boats doing fishery activities on the sea.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Fujian as she steamed through the mouth of Yangzte while returning to Jiangnan after her 1st sea trial, with the Shanghai Lujiazui skyline in the distance. Photographed by @燃烧的哈尔科夫 on Weibo.

 

[Chavez]

The ship 4 massive PAR and EM catobar consume a lot of electrical power.unless it was fitted with a small nuclear reactor to generate electrical power.

 

[PeoplesPoster]

So how long was this first sea trial? Do we have any idea what they tested?