After months of work, the Charles-de-Gaulle has returned to sea. The French aircraft carrier has been renovating its ranges in the Mediterranean.
The Rafales have returned and the pontées, these catapulting and landing sessions, are continuing. The goal: to hook, with the butt of the aircraft, one of the three “strands”, these cables which slow down the Rafale when it hits the ground. “We go from 200 to 0 km/h in 70 m” because landing is a complex exercise.