Comments on: Cross Deck Operations

By: Ahmet le Turque d'allemagne

Ahmet le Turque d'allemagne — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:47:59 +0000

What a wonderful plane the RAFALE is. It
can easily match with the Eurofighter and can even land on carriers. I am so impressed that the French have the will and brainpower to develop and build their own very modern fighter-aircraft and carriers and not to forget their “Force de frappe” in order to be militarily as autark as possible .
I hope my country Turkey will finally purchase some of them and cancel the participation in the JSF program which does not fit our needs although it will not be bad i am sure. Unfortunately some of our stupid politicians and strategists think otherwise.

By: Ahmet le Turque

Ahmet le Turque — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:43:06 +0000

What a wonderful plane the French have build. It can easily match with the Eurofighter and can even land on carriers. I am so impressed that the French have the will and brainpower to develop and build their own very modern fighter-aircraft and carriers and not to forget their “Force de frappe” in order to be militarily as autark as possible .
I hope my country Turkey will finally purchase some of them and cancel the participation in the JSF program which does not fit our needs although it will not be bad i am sure. Unfortunately some of our stupid politicians and strategists think otherwise.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:03:35 +0000

Well, I’m french and I am very proud of that !
This may improve the links between French and USA, and France need that, because the “Charles de Gaulle” will be unavailable for a long time, and frenchs aircrafts will need some carriers to be trained !

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:07:20 +0000

There was also an E2-C trapped and launched, but this had already been performed on USS John C Stennis.
About what is said about the procedure, it’s actually true the way it is described (the French carrier has much less space and cannot afford planes checking on the catapult, everything must be done during setup and lineup).
AB can be used right from the catapult if the configuration is very heavy (long-range strike or ultra heavy refuelling).
I’m pleased you find them pretty :)

By: withheld

withheld — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:26:53 +0000

@Arno: http://www.corlobe.tk/article5826.html
plus a couple other pictures http://secretdefense.blogs.liberation.fr/defense/2007/07/le-rafale-sur-l.html

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:22:18 +0000

Damn, the French build ‘em pretty.

By: elizzar

elizzar — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:32:10 +0000

hi, re: wren and rtlm, assuming the carriers get built for the uk and france that is … and assuming the jsf is actually ever built/bought. i believe there are backup plans for the uk carriers to fly either a navalised eurofighter, or to use the rafale itself, should there be problems with the jsf, in which case there would have to be a catapult launching system on board. incidentally, and i welcome corrections, wasn’t the steam catapult a british invention which, like so many, we decided wasn’t going to be any use and the usa then proved us somewhat wrong about …

By: Wren

Wren — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:19:33 +0000

It’s interesting to note that up until 99 the Brits used to regularly fly Jaguars from US carriers to keep up with Catapult launches and because there carriers were only designed for Harriers.
And to RTLM the brits don’t need to practice catapult launches for there new carriers, there going to be equipped with a ski-ramp and fly the JSF F35B

By: RTLM

RTLM — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:22:48 +0000

Now that’s different! The Super Hornet dwarfs the Rafael. Good practice for the French. They’re set to build 75 ton Carriers at some point. British too.
Hope the Brits are practicing for cat launches.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:17:23 +0000

johnathan: france has always been a member of NATO. and they also have a new government. ever thought that with the new conservative government their relations with our military might have improved? i haven’t had my serving of pie yet.