CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[asif iqbal]

British came up with the angled flight deck !

Now it’s only a dream

 

[asif iqbal]

Words on the street saying that 002 is under build at JNCX

 

[Sczepan]

Words on the street saying that 002 is under build at JNCX

they also could mean LHA's - I don't believe anything without seeing some pix ...

 

[asif iqbal]

JNCX would not be building LHD

 

[Riverman]

Becaue they decided to use the F-35B VTOL aircraft.

That aircraft does need an angled deck.

Had they chosen the F-35C, and the E-2D, they would have had an angled deck...in fact, to begin with, that was their intent and it looked like this:

RN CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth design:

Wasnt that idea put forward when they wanted to save money and only use one carrier. When the idea was to sell the Prince of Wales and only keep QE.
Then the cost whent up and they choose to go back with the VTOL-plans on both carriers again.

 

[Orthan]

Words on the street saying that 002 is under build at JNCX

where did you get this info?

 

[Intrepid]

where did you get this info?

From the streets arround JNCX I guess

 

[fatfreddy]

While the catapult mention is suspect, the news and pics of the location is interesting

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[Intrepid]

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Kitty Hawk wasn't the last oil-fired carrier of the US-Navy.

 

[Blitzo]

Kitty Hawk wasn't the last oil-fired carrier of the US-Navy.

The article says it was the last one in service/last to be decommissioned in the USN which I think is accurate.

Unless you're counting LHDs