New Images Of China’s Elusive Catapult-Capable J-15T Carrier Fighter Emerge
Featuring beefed-up landing gear and indigenous engines, the J-15T should lead to a production fighter for China’s future supercarrier.
Tag: Catapult
Watch This F/A-18 Hornet Chuck Its External Fuel Tank During A Carrier Catapult Launch
The 480-gallon drop tank goes end over end into the sea right after the Super Hornet leaves the deck.
Code Brown As This F-35C Sinks To Just Above The Waves After Taking A Low-Power Catapult Shot
We have two angles to watch an F-35C claw its way into the air after enduring a minimum power catapult shot.
No, Japan Isn’t Going To Install Catapults And Angled Decks On Its Izumo Class Carriers
The leaked image sparked outlandish and baseless speculation that Japan is actually wanting to turn its two Izumo class helicopter carriers into full-on catapult and arresting gear-equipped aircraft carriers and buy F-35Cs to go with them.
Shock Trials or No, the Navy’s Newest Supercarrier Is Still an Unreliable Debacle
The service wants to put off critical testing for years, but a recent Pentagon report says the USS Ford barely works in optimal conditions.
The Navy’s Giant Hangar That Housed The Hindenburg Hides A Mock Aircraft Carrier Inside
There are few places as steeped in aviation history as Lakehurst, New Jersey, and fabled Hangar 1 sits at the center of it all.
The US Navy’s Newly Delivered Supercarrier Still Needs a Ton of Work
The service admits there’s still much work to be done and its unclear when the ship will actually be combat ready.
Trump Tells Navy To Ditch New Catapult, Babbles Incoherently About F-35
Excerpts from Time’s latest interview with Donald Trump have been released and in them the President talks about Navy’s chronically troubled Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the service’s new Ford class supercarriers and makes some very odd remarks about the F-35. His words on EMALS may not be crystal clear, but they are not unfounded, but his remarks regarding the F-35 are bewildering and downright childish.
Aircraft Carrier “Bow Prongs” and Why They Are Disappearing
The supercarrier’s silhouette hasn’t changed much over the past 50 years, but one utilitarian staple of the flight deck has gone the way of the dodo bird.
The Navy’s F-35C Has A Major Nose Gear Problem
It gives pilots one hell of a ride down the catapult track.