CV-17 Shandong (002 carrier) Thread I ...News, Views and operations

I didn't even know that was an option available to me.

The Sea Trial Concerto... Funnily enough, I was listening to Beethoven's Emperor Concerto when I saw these.

Some of the backdrops are previously shared photos.

via LKJ86/PDF

The boilers are being heated again. Nice!

A few fairly recent ones, although probably not as recent as the ones Deino posted above... The scaffoldings around the island have been dismantled. The last one is a higher-resolution version of a photo shared a week ago.

All photos are high-resolution.

Lots of activity at these shipyards

According to Henri K She is ready for her second trial

The second Chinese aircraft carrier seems to be ready for its second trip to the sea, the scaffolding has been dismantled and the tankers have made deliveries in the last two days. The first trial lasted 6 days in May.

Look like they test helicopter-ship communication,landing system like last time around before 1st trial via LKj86

Hendrik_2000 said:

Look like they test helicopter-ship communication,landing system like last time around before 1st trial via LKj86

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From this angle it looks like they uploading the helicopter onto the deck with that crane.

Equation said:

From this angle it looks like they uploading the helicopter onto the deck with that crane.

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They are.

It's a mockup being hoisted by cranes aboard the carrier.