When launched from that particular catapult, it is probably natural or even required for the pilot to turn the aircraft slightly left to avoid colliding with the bow.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Looking at the texture created by the sea waves would suggest that the wind direction is exactly perpendicular to the ship's course, the ideal position for an aircraft to take off from the deck (upwind):
Bulgarianmilitary.com imo barely qualifies as an outlets.
It is Eurasiantimes tier.
Bulgarianmilitary runs that WDMMA ranking that has the Indian Air Force as more powerful than the PLA Air Force
That kinda tells you which country own that publication.
Oh, really? At least the owner is a Bulgarian Boyko Nikolov. Not a global outlet, but decent regional English language resource.
no, plain and simple it is NOT a decent regional English language resource, its just BS and even less in any way a source!
I see. Will stay read-only here.
Thank you for your work, but analyzing the angles from a blurry "satellite image" is obviously not going to get the right results.
The ship's shadow proves that the satellite is not at a vertical altitude.
Anyway, I hope more satellites will pass by Fujian