CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[Deino]

Following the most recent images from 23. March, here is another update showing that the Type 003 aircraft carrier's stern section has a new hangar installed, so that only the last section of the stern section is not yet installed.

(Image by see the watermark via @horobeyo/Twitter)

 

[blueFan]

Where is the lift?

 

[Deino]

Again more for the record but to identify anything meaningful ... a new recent image of the Type 003 aircraft carrier!

(Image via ChineseTiger1986/PDF)

 

[Intrepid]

Again more for the record but to identify anything meaningful ...

We can at least see that the ship is still there.

 

[Kich]

We can at least see that the ship is still there.

It helps if you go away for a long time and then come back in months. Then you will notice the difference.

 

[Richard Santos]

It helps if you go away for a long time and then come back in months. Then you will notice the difference.

The shadows at the same time of day have gotten shorter?

 

[manqiangrexue]

The shadows at the same time of day have gotten shorter?

Yeah, I think so. Daylight hours are longer in the summer so at the same time in the afternoon in the summer, the sun is higher overhead casting a shorter shadow than it did at the same time in the winter because the sun was closer to setting and thus lower along the horizon.

 

[Orthan]

Again more for the record but to identify anything meaningful ... a new recent image of the Type 003 aircraft carrier!

(Image via ChineseTiger1986/PDF)

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Compared with the march 10th picture, it seems that a new upper hull module has been placed there. But a rather small one.

 

[BoraTas]

What is the expected time for the hull launch?

 

[Deino]

What is the expected time for the hull launch?

IMO mid-2022.

Again a very blurry image of the Type 003 aircraft carrier.
(Image via @捣蛋来啦 from Weibo)