On 5 Dec 2016 13:49:46 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <bagb4chjkcjq38bm9l0nhfn31lq53pgk4p@4ax.com>, R2D2 says...
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>>On 5 Dec 2016 09:40:12 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>wrote:
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>>>http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/second-russian-jet-crashes-in-failed-carrier-landing-near-syria/ar-AAl9Lqp?li=BBnb7Kz
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>>>Russia's defence ministry said Monday a Sukhoi jet fell into the sea after a
>>>malfunction as it tried to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier
>>>following a bombing raid in Syria.
>>>
>>>It was the second such crash involving Russia's lone carrier in a month, since
>>>it arrived in the eastern Mediterranean to bolster Moscow's airpower in Syria.
>>>
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>>Welcome to the wonderfull, DANGEROUS world of carrier flying. I bet
>>the chinese are playing very close atention...
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>I'd trust the wealthy Chinese who can afford to replace landing cables in a
>timely fashion rather than the poor Russians who are sailing a rusting, oil
>fired hulk of an aircraft carrier with a short-handed poorly trained crew.
>
>If the Russian Navy can't keep their toilets flushing and semi-operable, you
>can't expect them to land their aircraft in a safe manner.
>
>...just sayin'
>
I was thinking more in terms of actual hands-on experience. The
chinese carrier maybe fully restored/almost new, but they have zero
experience. And, no matter the training and/or gear, untill you
actually start to use it...
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