Painted carrier landing strip on runway

Xingcheng, China (CN)

Saw this on one of the Chinese defense forums. Dimensions work and fits the size of the new Chinese carrier. My guess is they would use this location for training and trials, nice and simple way to get plenty of practice and then once pilots feel confident, maybe they move on to the other raised platform the Chinese have built? Just a guess....

Painted carrier landing strip on runway

Xingcheng, China (CN)

Military - Air Ports
By: nico

Nearby:

Radar Site

Lot of airplane Il-28 Beagles at Xingning Naval Air Base

Old Planes

Chinese Fighters

Chinese submarine under construction

Chinese Boomers/Submarines

Comments

nico

@ 2014-01-27 18:53:10

Article in Jane's Defense Weekly 1 Jan 2014, shows that this airfield is in use for carrier training. There's 2 ski jumps for take off practice and 2 locations with arresting wires for carrier landings.