CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[para80]

They need to do multiple sea trials. They need to test the cats and recovery systems including with actual aircraft, repeatedly. Unless a commissioning is purely ceremonial and they continue with lots of testing afterwards I very much doubt they can put her "in service" next year. Shandong too conducted lots of testing and she was commissioned 1 1/2 years after starting her sea trials.

 

[supersnoop]

That date however went by with Fujian remaining at berth, perhaps illustrating that PLAN is more concerned with sticking to technical schedules over symbolic gestures.

I think every major Chinese defense program is always rumored to be introduced on some milestone date, and it inevitably never happens

 

[hkvaryag]

looks legit..

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She has not left Shanghai yet. Yesterday, she was only towed to a new pier for the real sea trial.

 

[Lime]

There is a ship traffic control in MAY 1 at the estuary of the Yangtze River.
There is a military activity from MAY 1 to MAY 9 in EAST CHINA SEA.

 

[Cloud_Nine_]

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

She has not left Shanghai yet. Yesterday, she was only towed to a new pier for the real sea trial.

There is a ship traffic control in MAY 1 at the estuary of the Yangtze River.
There is a military activity from MAY 1 to MAY 9 in EAST CHINA SEA.
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Yes, Fujian's sea trial hasn't yet started. The carrier has only been moved from the fitting-out basin to a riverside pier of Jiangnan yesterday.

That means her 1st actual sea trial should begin tomorrow (May 1) or a day after that.

 

[GiantPanda]

There is a ship traffic control in MAY 1 at the estuary of the Yangtze River.
There is a military activity from MAY 1 to MAY 9 in EAST CHINA SEA.
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So stating the obvious, it looks like sea trials begin on May 1.

 

[minime]

May 1st? One of the major holidays for China, never thought the sea trials start on that day.

 

[coolgod]

May 1st? One of the major holidays for China, never thought the sea trials start on that day.

This year's May 1st is Mazu's birthday.

 

[HgMs]

Probably tomorrow