PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)

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kwaigonegin

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Jeff Head said:
The US has been operating with air bosses and their assistants for decades, in war and in peace time, with very heavy tempos of operation.

They know how to provide the right shifting for those guys and maximize their experience, their availability, and their ability to apply the vast knowledge that they have built up without losing them to fatigue and sleep deprivation.

Where I work we have a group of operators who work in a central control center. They keep the place manned 24 x 7 with similar shifting as what you see on a carrier. They usually work four 12 hour shifts with spaced off periods so they can fill the operational schedule. There is one who is the Sr. Operator, and he could get called in at any time.

The Air Boss and the assistant air bosses work in a similar fashion, and have been doing so for decades. I am not aware of any serious, life threatening mishap that was due to air boss fatigue in my life time...popeye, kwaig, you guys worked directly with these guys for years, are you aware of any air boss fatigue leading to serious problems?
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Not one that directly led to a mishap or accident.. most days they just cuss to let loose some steam and lots of coffee. To become an airboss, that individual usually already has many years of experience in aviation and flight handling and know not just their duties but have adapted to that type of work. You don't see young folks as airbosses.

Sometimes the miniboss steps in but working on the flight deck involves many dozens of men. The airboss is like a coordinator but everyone plays their respective role otherwise mishaps WILL happen and I have seen a few. Everyone from the shooter to the handler to the LSO for landing etc.. yellow shirts to the greenshirted guys have exact duties they need to perform to carry out the control chaos. It's simple.. if people don't do their jobs or are lackadaisical about it people die. It's that simple.
 
ladioussupp

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Don't know whether it was disclosed or not.

Story of tugging Varyag from Ukraine to China. Varyag is the slowest boat to China, according to a Reuters reporter.

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SteelBird

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This one is especially for Jeff:

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Jeff Head

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SteelBird said:
This one is especially for Jeff:

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Thank you Steelbird. THAT is a magnificent model.

Looks to be either 1/48 or 1/32 scale. HUGE, and very detailed. Would love to have that model...but my 1/350 scale is big enough. The boss (wife) would never go for it, that thing would take up the entry hall and the living room end to end!


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I wonder. did an individual build this? An institution (college or technical institute)? Or the military/government?

And the J-15s look to have too many weapons stations on the folded portion of the wings too.

That's a big job right there for someone.
 
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TerraN_EmpirE

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I think you might have something there josh. It looks to me kinda like those Mi24Hind models where the builder mounted both the chain gun and the gattling gun because it looked cooler.
 
Jeff Head

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joshuatree said:
Would these models of fighters with wings folded be technically incorrect? Or does it happen in the real world where fighters have their wings folded with ordinance attached?
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Not usually, but also not unheard of at all.


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But usually not on the folded wings except on the wing tip station...and those model aircraft seem to be inaccurate with far too many stations filled with weapons on the folded wing...and, IMHO, are too heavily laden anyway, IMHO.

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The model is made of steel and 7.6m long, which makes it about 1:40 scale.
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Well, then, my estimate of between 1/48 scale and 1/32 scale was right on the money then. Good eye! LOL!
 
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TerraN_EmpirE

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Big difference between a pair of sidewinders on the wings. And what looks like full war load which is what those look like.
 
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