J-15 carrier fighter thread
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I'm just going to leave these links here as vaguely relevant trivia, because it's tiring having to dig them up every few years:
That strange moment in time (1999) when former F-14 engineering project manager Bob Kress teamed up with retired USN Admiral Paul Gillcrist to pitch the Su-27 as the natural successor to the F-14 on future USN carrier decks:
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No doubt the authors were at least partly trolling here, motivated by dislike of the selection of Super Hornet over Grumman's proposal for an evolved F-14, but it's still a fun nugget of post-Cold War trivia.
The relevance, of course, is that with J-15T operating from CV-18 Fujian and future carriers, SAC and PLAN will at last have delivered on the dream of the F-14E Super Tomcat that was cherished by so many for so long. Bob Kress passed away in 2007, but I like to imagine that it would've brought a tear to his eye.
That strange moment in time (1999) when former F-14 engineering project manager Bob Kress teamed up with retired USN Admiral Paul Gillcrist to pitch the Su-27 as the natural successor to the F-14 on future USN carrier decks:
Full Article Text:
No doubt the authors were at least partly trolling here, motivated by dislike of the selection of Super Hornet over Grumman's proposal for an evolved F-14, but it's still a fun nugget of post-Cold War trivia.
The relevance, of course, is that with J-15T operating from CV-18 Fujian and future carriers, SAC and PLAN will at last have delivered on the dream of the F-14E Super Tomcat that was cherished by so many for so long. Bob Kress passed away in 2007, but I like to imagine that it would've brought a tear to his eye.
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A J-15D(H?) landing on Shandong. Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.
Non-slanted radome, singe-piece FLG door, definitely a DH.
Oh yup, I just recalled that the "H" in the J-15 family's designation means "ski-jump takeoff".
Hi,
still non of the pilot using HMDS, or these specific D type aircraft are
not using the display helmets
thank you
still non of the pilot using HMDS, or these specific D type aircraft are
not using the display helmets
thank you
From the historical archives - Photo of the J-15D(H)'s maiden flight. Posted by @牧是家 on Weibo.
