PLAN Carrier Operations..News, Videos & Photos

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Roger ball... you had to be there....You don't wanna hear "Bolter! Bolter!"..that means he missed the wire.

N-o doubt about that, those high sink appoaches are hairy looking, kind of like those dirt strips in vietnam, only back to full throttle in case you do miss the wire. Bd on a wild guess, what percentage of approaches would end in a bolter?

Originally Posted by lcloo

China's Russian-built Sukhoi Su-33MKKs are reportedly carrier capable, but only J-15 prototypes have been seen flying off the carrier's deck.

Wait! Did we miss something about J-15s "flying off the carrier's deck?"

Originally Posted by Blackstone

Wait! Did we miss something about J-15s "flying off the carrier's deck?"

Nope, just standard western media journalism, move along, nothing to see here.

Originally Posted by Air Force Brat

N-o doubt about that, those high sink appoaches are hairy looking, kind of like those dirt strips in vietnam, only back to full throttle in case you do miss the wire. Bd on a wild guess, what percentage of approaches would end in a bolter?

At night it's very high..I'd say about 30%..in the day time about 10%..Of course if a lot of "Nuggets" are flying around it shall be a long day on that roof.

American naval aviators prepare for future carrier-based operations by training on the T-45 Goshawk. I wonder will the Chinese follow a similar route and use an aircraft with benign handling characteristics to learn carrier procedures. Crawl - walk - run. The J-15 may be a bit much for a pilot trying to learn how to land on a pitching, moving carrier deck







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The Russians used the SU-25 as an interim carrier trainer. China would be wise to do the same. That is if they want to save aircraft and pilots lives







Maybe the Chinese will go this route. It would be the smart thing to do

Originally Posted by escobar

J-15 jets on deck as carrier sets off on longest sea trials

it never ever cease to amaze me that a very small group of individuals (us) know far more about this topic than the very journalist with $$$, equipment, staff and research capital writing to potentially millions of readers!!!!
Kinda scary when the masses know not only so very little but are actually often times fed innacurate 'facts'. I'm sure this happens to 90% of news reporting out there. We're no affected because we are diligent and unbiased but what about on other topics where we aren't 'experts' in and get most of out info from so call journalists and newspaper reporters?? Yikes!!!

Originally Posted by NikeX

Maybe the Chinese will go this route. It would be the smart thing to do

The chinese are going with this route to train their future carrier aviators.

Whether the first plane to land on varyag is a JL-9H or J-15 will be a whole other matter however.

Correct me if I'm wrong, is the JL-9 shorter than the standard J-7?

Originally Posted by Bltizo

The chinese are going with this route to train their future carrier aviators.

Whether the first plane to land on varyag is a JL-9H or J-15 will be a whole other matter however.

What kind of aircraft did Chinese pilots trained with on Brazil's carrier? PLAN might want to buy some because some of their pilots have deck time with them already.

Originally Posted by Blackstone

What kind of aircraft did Chinese pilots trained with on Brazil's carrier? PLAN might want to buy some because some of their pilots have deck time with them already.

I think, it is better to use experienced Brasilian pilots as "coach" (not instructor, because the will not get the flying skills of year-long J-15 flying Chinese pilots) on J-15.

China testing electromagnetic catapult for future carriers.

Chinese Prototype For Electromagnetic Catapults For Aircraft Carriers ~ DefenceDog

Originally Posted by Blackstone

What kind of aircraft did Chinese pilots trained with on Brazil's carrier? PLAN might want to buy some because some of their pilots have deck time with them already.

Brazilian Navy operate A-4 Sky Hawk on their aircraft carrier, a Vietnam war era attack jet, but their airforce has nice Super Tucano prop engine trainer and AMX jet which can be used as advance jet trainer.

China Navy could use the new Sino-Russia joint venture CJ-7 basic trainer, then K-8 intermediate jet trainer on land bases if they decided to be independent of PLAAF's training facilities, then JL-7H and/or L-15 on carrier deck and finally on J-15.

Originally Posted by lcloo

... , then JL-7H and/or L-15 on carrier deck and finally on J-15.

J-15 is better as a single-engine trainer, esp. in the dangerous starting phase (engine break)

Originally Posted by kwaigonegin

it never ever cease to amaze me that a very small group of individuals (us) know far more about this topic than the very journalist with $$$, equipment, staff and research capital writing to potentially millions of readers!!!!
Kinda scary when the masses know not only so very little but are actually often times fed innacurate 'facts'. I'm sure this happens to 90% of news reporting out there. We're no affected because we are diligent and unbiased but what about on other topics where we aren't 'experts' in and get most of out info from so call journalists and newspaper reporters?? Yikes!!!

I remember listening to a BBC farming program one Sunday morning about fifteen years ago pretending to be breakfast conversation in this case with the then farming minister in the UK cabinet John Gummer who told us listeners that he believed everything he read in the papers except where it concerned British farming. There he knew it was all nonsense.