Merry Christmas From China
Update from Chengdu as of 1230 local time from Chinese aircraft enthusiasts. Two VIP Boeing 737s have now landed at Chengdu. Cameras have been set up and manned. The J-20 has completed a high-speed taxi. Security is very tight and is now blocking roads and stopping traffic. A J-10 chase aircraft with a possible camera pod has now flown twice on possible weather sorties.
1243 local - J-20 engine running on runway.
J-20 is now flying with J-10 as chase aircraft as of 1250 local.
TJ
1243 local - J-20 engine running on runway.
J-20 is now flying with J-10 as chase aircraft as of 1250 local.
TJ
1308 local - J-20 has landed.
Images at following.
Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - View Single Post - J-20 Black Eagle - Part 3
TJ
Images at following.
Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - View Single Post - J-20 Black Eagle - Part 3
TJ
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First flight of Chinese stealth fighter
It's made it's first 15min test flight.
Direct link
YouTube - China's Stealth Jet J-20 "2001-02" First Flight Video (HD)?20????????
Direct link
YouTube - China's Stealth Jet J-20 "2001-02" First Flight Video (HD)?20????????
Some links to better quality images. Probably my eyes, but I can't see a weapons bay? Possibly it will be fielded on the rumoured 2002 airframe?
http://i.imgur.com/xpeA9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dnf9h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TSHDc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w8Ay5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DI6Ue.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/xpeA9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dnf9h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TSHDc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w8Ay5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DI6Ue.jpg
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Interesting write-up here of the J-20...
Not so hidden dragon - China's J-20 assessed | Aerospace Insight | The Royal Aeronautical Society
Will we see two affordable stealth fighters battling it out on the world market in the future?
Not so hidden dragon - China's J-20 assessed | Aerospace Insight | The Royal Aeronautical Society
Will we see two affordable stealth fighters battling it out on the world market in the future?
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
And just to add to the other news rolling out of China whilst their PM is in the USA, just to rub it in.....
China Restores Soviet Aircraft Carrier
China Restores Soviet Aircraft Carrier
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China has never officially announced it was renovating the 990-foot long aircraft carrier.
However, running threads with regular photo updates (including discussions identifying what changes are being made and which systems were being installed) have been all over the warship discussion boards across the net for years... like this one: PLAN News, Photos and Speculation #3 - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums
And this one: PLAN Carrier Updates. - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums
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Some links to better quality images. Probably my eyes, but I can't see a weapons bay? Possibly it will be fielded on the rumoured 2002 airframe?
Elsewhere on the net there is discussion of those photos... some have been analyzed for "tampering", and it seems that details like the edges of the control surfaces where they meet the wings, and sections of the fuselage, have been "smoothed" to eliminate detail... suggesting that those photos were deliberately altered to hide such things as the location/size/shape of weapons bays, etc.
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I was looking for the latest on the Chinese carrier situation and found this excellent link
THE RISING SEA DRAGON IN ASIA VARYAG TRANSFORMATION
THE RISING SEA DRAGON IN ASIA VARYAG TRANSFORMATION
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Re: opening post.
Not as potentially amusing as this mind.
BBC News - China TV 'substitutes Top Gun for air force footage'
BBC News - China TV 'substitutes Top Gun for air force footage'
A China Central Television story about the country's air force showed an explosion that was identical to a scene from the 1986 film Top Gun.