CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[luosifen]

A group of people made a lego scale model of the Fujian and donated it to the People's Revolutionary Military Museum in Beijing:

 

[by78]

Two images taken fairly recently (less than two weeks old). The first one is a high-resolution version of a previously shared image. Pardon the dimensions of the second image, but the file size is very small (less than half a megabyte).

 

[asif iqbal]

love the overhang of the deck

truly a blue water Carrier which can sustain high tempo of air operations far from home shores

 

[stannislas]

looks like the catapult will finally reveal itself sometime soon

 

[by78]

looks like the catapult will finally reveal itself sometime soon

That's an image from a month and a half ago.

 

[ansy1968]

looks like the catapult will finally reveal itself sometime soon

They also seem to finished installing the APAR on the port side.

 

[by78]

They also seem to finished installing the APAR on the port side.

No they haven't. That's an outdated image from mid-July, taken soon after the carrier had been towed to its current mooring spot for outfitting. Those are only temporary covers, which have been subsequently removed, as seen here, here, here, and here, all of which were taken after July 17th.

 

[Rachmaninov]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1565524974370451456

From a fanboy but nevertheless...

 

[by78]

Some grainy images. Date unknown.

 

[Helius]

The greenery really makes the new dock look much nicer than it would've otherwise.

Looking at the 055 and 052D there, it's also nice to see they don't waste a moment putting those new berths to work.