PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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Re: PLAN Carrier Construction

bd popeye said:
Exactly.. There's one in Lakehurst right next to the catapults.
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The PRC site looks like a good part of the "track" is actually covered. And in the clear, right after the last covered portion there to the left, it looks like what could be a "sled" sitting there on the track.

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chuck731

Banned Idiot
Re: PLAN Carrier Construction

chuck731 said:
Each of the 3 linear features at Lakehurst is much longer than a carrier catapult, using the cars in the photo for scale. The actual catapult may make up only part of the linear feature.
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Jeff Head said:
The PRC site looks like a good part of the "track" is actually covered. And in the clear, right after the last covered portion there to the left, it looks like what could be a "sled" sitting there on the track.

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This and the fact there are no taxi ways around it means it can't launch a real plane, so if it is a catapult test facility, it is only suitable for early stage developmental testing. Late stage land based testing and validation on real planes must happen somewhere else.
 
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EdT586

Junior Member
Re: PRC President reviews PLAN Naval Air

News video of the visit, shows the mock-up training deck and inside the bridge of the Liaoning.

[video=youtube;uECHP4v1fqo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uECHP4v1fqo[/video]
 
bd popeye

bd popeye

The Last Jedi
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Re: PLAN Carrier Construction

chuck731 said:
This and the fact there are no taxi ways around it means it can't launch a real plane, so if it is a catapult test facility, it is only suitable for early stage developmental testing. Late stage land based testing and validation on real planes must happen somewhere else.
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Good observation Chuck. If some one could post a larger aerial photo of the area that would be helpful.
 
Intrepid

Intrepid

Major
Re: PLAN Carrier Construction

On the Lakehurst-Photo we see five arrangements without aircraft-capability and only one on the runway. I think, you need these facilities normaly for save-life-tests and not for catapulting aircraft into the sky.
 
Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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Re: PLAN Carrier Construction

Deino said:
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Deino :D
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Translation? Or any indication of what that link is about?

This is the picture I finally got to come up for me:


PLAN-CVModel-01.jpg

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So I suppose it is talking about the fabricated section we saw a while back that looked like a part of the new carrier.
 
Intrepid

Intrepid

Major
Re: PLAN Carrier Construction

Jeff Head said:
So I suppose it is talking about the fabricated section we saw a while back that looked like a part of the new carrier.
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If I understand the pictures correct, this pice of a carrier is part of a theme park about modern carrier building.
 
shen

shen

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Re: PLAN Carrier Construction

Jeff Head said:
Translation? Or any indication of what that link is about?

This is the picture I finally got to come up for me:


So I suppose it is talking about the fabricated section we saw a while back that looked like a part of the new carrier.
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Nothing new that I can see. The caption just says what everybody thought is a section of the new carrier is actually just a piece of a new museum for the shipyard. not sure that's the whole truth.
 
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