CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[Franklin]

CV-18 Fujian Sea Trails

Fujian First Sea Trail (1 may 2024 - 8 may 2024) (8 days)

Fujian Second Sea Trail (23 may 2024 - 11 june 2024) (18 days)

Fujian Third Sea Trail (3 july 2024 - 28 july 2024) (25 days)

Fujian Fourth Sea Trail (3 september 2024 - 21 september 2024) (18 days)

Fujian Fifth Sea Trail (18 november 2024 - 3 december 2024) (15 days)

Total 84 days at sea

 

[Lime]

no EM catapult launch i think, otherwise the commemorative emblem would focus on catapult not planes.

 

[by78]

Likely mockups at launch position. Does anyone have the un-cropped original?

 

[Blitzo]

Likely mockups at launch position. Does anyone have the un-cropped original?

Are we sure this isn't a CGI that's been cropped and made to look "fuzzy" to try to have us on?

This kinda looks like some of the CGIs that 大包 has made before.


That said real pictures made to look blurry and CGIs made to look blurry and appear very similar to each other, so who knows...


Edit:

It's this CGI from 大包 recently, cropped and made to look fuzzy

 

[by78]

Are we sure this isn't a CGI that's been cropped and made to look "fuzzy" to try to have us on?

This kinda looks like some of the CGIs that 大包 has made before.


That said real pictures made to look blurry and CGIs made to look blurry and appear very similar to each other, so who knows...


Edit:

It's this CGI from 大包 recently, cropped and made to look fuzzy

View attachment 140404

Ah, that must be it.

 

[asif iqbal]

Can’t wait for the KJ600 AWACS to lunch from the Catapult

That will be a huge achievement

 

[kwaigonegin]

Are we sure this isn't a CGI that's been cropped and made to look "fuzzy" to try to have us on?

This kinda looks like some of the CGIs that 大包 has made before.


That said real pictures made to look blurry and CGIs made to look blurry and appear very similar to each other, so who knows...


Edit:

It's this CGI from 大包 recently, cropped and made to look fuzzy

View attachment 140404

You can tell right away it was fake by the deflectors. Even a fuzzy cgi still looks cgi.

 

[Neurosmith]

Has this been posted yet? It shows the 003 conducting EMCAT tests with sleds.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Safety lines have been drawn on the flight deck of Fujian. Posted by @Jsport_三汽 on Weibo.

 

[Blitzo]

Safety lines have been drawn on the flight deck of Fujian. Posted by @Jsport_三汽 on Weibo.

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Foul lines are probably the most satisfying set of on a carrier, big fan.

In this case, the markings are entirely consistent with what we'd expect of a CATOBAR carrier of its configuration (particular the bow catapult foul lines.

It will let us eyeball how much real estate they have to spot aircraft on the bow, if they only use one of the bow catapults for launch (which is not infrequent)