CV-16 Liaoning (001 carrier) Thread II ...News, Views and operations

[Jeff Head]

From this pic:

This is the first time I had seen the pennant number on the Island like this:



Has anyone else noticed this or seen it before? @Deino @bd popeye @Jura @Obi Wan Russell @Bltizo @asif iqbal @TerraN_EmpirE @Air Force Brat

 

[Intrepid]

This is the first time I had seen the pennant number on the Island like this [...] Has anyone else noticed this or seen it before?

We noticed it last year in September.

 

[Deino]

Back again at Dalian after seven days at sea (20190121-20190128)

 

[Deino]

...

 

[Intrepid]

No runway markings means no air ops I think.

 

[Sczepan]

only builders - / acceptance trials

 

[Sczepan]

Not at this side (starboard) of the island

 

[Intrepid]

If the number is painted on one side, it will be painted on the other side, too.

 

[Deino]

Not at this side (starboard) of the island

If the number is painted on one side, it will be painted on the other side, too.

Nope ... it is there already since weeks!

 

[Sczepan]

that's my information by brazil sources to. But they only supportet deck management and anything else likte this, not pilots.

I've got it:

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PLAN Officers to Train on Brazilian Aircraft Carrier
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June 12, 2009 02:14 PM Age: 10 years

In a May 9 interview with Brazilian defense, strategy and intelligence news website Defasanet, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim stated that Brazil and China had reached an agreement to train personnel from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in Brazil. In the interview (available in Portuguese), Jobim announced that the two sides reached a training agreement to stage PLAN officers aboard the NAe Sao Paulo, Brazil’s Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier (Defesanet, May 13).
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