Chapter 605 The experimental aircraft carrier Borchescu
The disputes between Romania and the Soviet Union abroad have not affected domestic construction at all, but the Romanian navy is still building its own warships in an orderly manner.
Today, a strange-looking flat-top ship is sailing on the Black Sea, and there are several destroyers escorting it around it.
This is a flat-top ship. Anyone who knows something about warships will know that this is an aircraft carrier that has just been launched.
Speaking of the invention of aircraft carriers that cannot fly without aircraft, this kind of machine that can fly freely in the sky has become an indispensable part of the military with its fast movement ability since its birth. As a navy, naturally we will not turn a blind eye to it.
Therefore, naval personnel have always studied it.
On November 14, 1910, American pilot Eugene Ely piloted a "Curtis" biplane to take off from the 25.3-meter-long and 7.3-meter-wide wooden platform installed on the front of the cruiser "Birmingham". January 1911
On March 18, Yili piloted an aircraft to successfully land on the docked armored cruiser Pennsylvania on a platform installed at the rear by hooking the aircraft's tailhook onto the braking cable. These two brave practices confirmed the success of landing on the ship.
The possibility of landing aircraft marked the birth of the prototype aircraft carrier.
On May 2, 1912, Captain Gregory of the British Navy successfully took off and landed an aircraft on a battleship. These successful practices led to the birth of the British Naval Aviation, and a new branch began to appear in the naval sequence.
These just mean that aircraft can board warships and become new equipment for their reconnaissance and gunnery schools. In World War I, the combat capabilities of submarines became increasingly apparent. In order to give full play to the unique reconnaissance and anti-submarine capabilities of aircraft, the British Navy first began to
They carried out the modification and development work of the aircraft carrier. They first converted a coal ship into an aircraft carrier and named it "Ark Royal".
Although on the surface, the "Ark Royal" can be called the world's earliest aircraft carrier, strictly speaking, it is actually a "seaplane carrier." Since land planes took off and landed on the ship at that time, it was more dangerous.
Therefore, the "Ark Royal" carries a seaplane that can take off and land on the water. The crane on the mothership lifts the plane to the water and then takes off. After the plane lands on the water, it is recovered on the deck.
It is precisely because seaplanes do not take off and land directly on the ship that the deck on the initial aircraft carrier is very small. The take-off and landing method of carrier-based seaplanes is not only troublesome and time-consuming, but also inevitably damages the aircraft. Therefore, while using the above method,
, people began to explore allowing aircraft to take off and land directly from warships. At that time, the aircraft were basically biplanes, which were light in weight and had a short take-off and landing distance. This made it possible for aircraft to take off and land directly on the deck of a warship.
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In 1918, at the end of World War I, the British Navy removed the main gun turrets on the front and rear decks of a large cruiser, the Furious, and laid a wooden flight runway, with the superstructure in the middle of the deck as the boundary.
The runway at the bow is for aircraft to take off, and the runway at the stern is for aircraft to land. Therefore, the "Fury" became the first aircraft carrier modified from a warship to have the function of taking off and landing aircraft.
In September 1918, the British Navy converted a passenger ship under construction into the aircraft carrier "Hundred-Eyed Giant" with a fully integrated flight deck. During the modification, all the original chimneys of the "Hundred-Eyed Giant" were removed and the
It forms a horizontal exhaust duct that leads from below the main deck to the tail of the bowl. Because the entire flight deck is very flat and empty, with almost no superstructure visible, this new model of aircraft carrier is also called a flat aircraft carrier.
At this time, aircraft carriers were basically modified from other warships. It was not until the birth of Fengxiang that the first real aircraft carrier was produced.
In December 1922, the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the "Hosho", was born. It was not modified, but was built according to the design of an aircraft carrier from the beginning, so it is considered the first real aircraft carrier in the world.
With the launch of the Fengxiang, many aircraft carriers such as the British HMS Arenas and the American USS Lexington began to be launched. Today, there are already many aircraft carriers in the world. As a Black Sea country, Romania has only just begun to develop aircraft carriers.
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Edel, who is the soul of later generations, certainly knows the power of aircraft carriers, but it is a pity that Romania's position puts the aircraft carrier in an awkward position. Italy's Mussolini said that the Italian aircraft carrier is the largest aircraft carrier. This sentence is his view of the future
I don’t understand clearly. Then Edel said that the Black Sea cannot accommodate aircraft carriers, so that is the real situation.
In the Black Sea, which is 1,150 kilometers long from east to west and 611 kilometers wide from north to south, the effectiveness of aircraft carriers has been reduced to a minimum. Within two steps of leaving the house, you will be within range of the enemy's shore-based aircraft, and the cost of the carrier-based aircraft and the shore-based aircraft will definitely be
There is something wrong with your brain.
That's why the Romanian Navy is so obsessed with traditional warships such as battleships and cruisers. And Edel can't do anything like a cow without drinking water, so Romania's aircraft carrier journey has been delayed until now.
As for the Borchescu, it was also driven by Edel and the navy had become more aggressive in recent years, so it was rebuilt from a fast freighter.
All the superstructures were removed and replaced with thick wooden boards, and the Borchescu was completely a plain aircraft carrier. Although the Borchescu was a plain aircraft carrier, the interior space was modified to be able to carry 24
There are 12 combat aircraft. Among them, 12 are Haihao fighter jets modified from Goshawk III fighter jets. The main work is to strengthen the landing gear and install tail hooks. There are also 12 Ripon carrier-based torpedo aircraft. This kind of torpedo aircraft
Romania has not developed it before, so it purchased the product from the UK.
This Ripon carrier-based torpedo aircraft has a length of 11.20 meters, a wingspan of 13.67 meters, a height of 3.91 meters, an empty weight of 1978KG, and a maximum take-off weight of 3350KG. It can carry one aviation torpedo. Its flight performance is maximum level flight.
Responsible people say that this aircraft is a product that is behind the times. But who knows that Romania has not studied torpedo aircraft before, so it can only make up for it.
This time, there were several Peng carrier-based torpedo planes parked at the end of the deck of the Borchescu, which seemed to be conducting test flights.
"The wind is favorable and you can take off."
As the commander waved the yellow hand flag vigorously, the test pilot quickly started the aircraft. After accelerating, the aircraft jumped up and left the deck.
"Successful."
The naval officers and soldiers on the deck immediately cheered.
Subsequently, several aircraft were also released from the deck, which made the people at the scene cheer even more. Although they had seen many aircraft taking off, there were still not many fighter jets released on the deck, which made them happy. Because taking off on the deck
, the requirements for pilots are much higher. Experienced pilots without training cannot do this at all. And even veterans have made mistakes, so every successful flight is a test for the newly established naval carrier aviation force.
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There is no way, after all, the aircraft carrier is no better than the land, and its deck length cannot be compared with the land. Therefore, the naval carrier aviation forces of various countries in the world are all among the best.
As the captain, Major Fernandez was also watching the flight. Fernandez is a rare aviation faction in the navy, but it is different from the naval aviation factions of other countries. Fernandez
Si advocated that the navy needs a large number of aircraft to ensure reconnaissance and gunnery calibration, and to ensure that the Romanian Navy can control enemy movements at any time. Of course, for him to make such an assertion, the Black Sea still has too many restrictions on aircraft carriers.
However, although he was not optimistic about the use of aircraft carriers in the Black Sea, when he took over the position of deputy captain, he still devoted himself to it. During the day, he managed the training of officers, soldiers and pilots, and at night, he studied information on the use of aircraft carriers by other countries. In just a short time
In half a year, Fernandez's understanding of aircraft carriers has reached the highest level in the navy (it seems that he is the only aircraft carrier captain).
This test flight is just the beginning of aircraft carrier training, and many more trainings are waiting for them. Fernandez needs to watch his officers and soldiers display the results of training, but they still have enough time to train. I believe
They will not be the only Romanian carrier aviation force in the future.
