Re: PLAN Qualifies 1st six pilotsa for carrier take-off & landing
They will be the instructors for those young pilots.
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thunderchief
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Re: PLAN Qualifies 1st six pilotsa for carrier take-off & landing
Most likely older aviators with lot of flight hours and lot of experience with Flanker types . My bet is they would be future instructors , not the pilots which would permanently serve with the ship's air wing .
Most likely older aviators with lot of flight hours and lot of experience with Flanker types . My bet is they would be future instructors , not the pilots which would permanently serve with the ship's air wing .
Blackstone
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Re: PLAN Qualifies 1st six pilotsa for carrier take-off & landing
Good point.
OT- with your handle, did you fly Thunderchiefs in 'Nam?
Good point.
OT- with your handle, did you fly Thunderchiefs in 'Nam?
Here's a thought for everyone.
Some day Liaoning will exercise with her sister ship, the Russian Kuznetsov.
I bet we see it one day. Either the Russians will sail Kuznetsov over to the Western Pacific, or Liaoning will go around the world and they will conduct exercises together.
That will be a really neat thing to see.
Some day Liaoning will exercise with her sister ship, the Russian Kuznetsov.
I bet we see it one day. Either the Russians will sail Kuznetsov over to the Western Pacific, or Liaoning will go around the world and they will conduct exercises together.
That will be a really neat thing to see.
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FarkTypeSoldier
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Here's a thought for everyone.
Some day Liaoning will exercise with her sister ship, the Russian Kuznetsov.
I bet we see it one day. Either the Russians will sail Kuznetsov over to the Western Pacific, or Liaoning will go around the world and they will conduct exercises together.
That will be a really neat thing to see.
I would like that to happen too.
They are both born in the same period but flourish at different era!
Such an exercise would surely worry the west and Japan!
kwaigonegin
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Here's a thought for everyone.
Some day Liaoning will exercise with her sister ship, the Russian Kuznetsov.
I bet we see it one day. Either the Russians will sail Kuznetsov over to the Western Pacific, or Liaoning will go around the world and they will conduct exercises together.
That will be a really neat thing to see.
Looking at the Admiral Kuznetsov made me realized that she is the only ship in the Russian Navy that has APARS. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
No. It really doesnt have APARS. What we see on kuznetzov are only concrete slabs to fool NATO watchers. The original radar system, mars-passat, ended up a failure, and the soviets put slabs in its place. Thats why the sister ship (varyag) was built without APARS and instead with 2 mast radars.
kwaigonegin
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Got it. well it fooled me but I'm no Soviet Naval expert analyst lol..... anyway thanks kroko!
Yes, Pragmatic Analysts should NEVER underestimate the potentials of China's Navy. BTW, It's not only military/naval power, there are other important considerations including geo-politics, economics and importantly internal domestic situations. Anything could happen, and 10-20 years time are really very long term projections. In the meantime the major powers will continue to play "chess" and try to outwit the opponents if possible. I believe "Military Alliances" are in the making for the Asia-pacific Region to ensure peace and stability.
The island structure of the Liaoning seems to be smaller than that of the Admiral Kuznetsov. The Varyag was laid down the day that the Admiral Kuznetsov (then Tbilisi) was launched in december 1985. The second hull of this class incorporates the lessons from building the first hull. The Liaoning is said to be slightly larger than the Admiral Kuznetsov. The maximum load of the Admiral Kuznetsov is 61390 tons and that of the Liaoning is 67500 tons.
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