Chinese Aviation Developments

[Griz882]

Looks like a dorito

More like someone welded Draken wings to an F-14 fuselage. That’s a big bird.

 

[cfam]

Only slightly related, but there’s a kickass aviation museum in Sweden at an ex-Draken base where you can fly some of their old simulators/see the old ready rooms. The former wing commander was running the sim the day I was there and ran me through their standard VFR round-robin. It’s also where Koenigsegg has their HQ, so you can see hypercar testing on the runways.

Ängelholms Flygmuseum - Ängelholms Flygmuseum

Välkommen till Ängelholms flygmuseum. Klicka i länken ovanför för att läsa mer.

flygmuseum.engelholm.se

 

[Mos]

Sort of looks like EDI from Stealth.

 

[AIRMMCPORET]

Looks like a dorito

Cool ranch,or Nacho?🤔

 

[Brett327]

General Dynamics wants their A-12 blueprints back.

 

[ea6bflyr]

General Dynamics wants their A-12 blueprints back.

Exactly what I was thinking…

 

[MIDNJAC]

Haha they finally built it! Just 34 years later, and in china! Gonna save all those B/N jobs!!!

Some retired person in St Louis just shed a tear of joy today that their baby was finally born, a Christmas Miracle!!

 

[ea6bflyr]

More like someone welded Draken wings to an F-14 fuselage. That’s a big bird.

Much like the A-12.
Left: A-12 v. F-14
Right: A-12 wings folded v. A-6 wings folded

 

[Llarry]

Another, clearer photo -- this time identifying the aircraft as a J-36 fighter. Apparently about 70 feet long.

 

[Llarry]

Th latest Chinese prototype, dubbed a "6th generation fighter" and referred to as the Shenyang J-XD2, has made its first flight. Unsurprisingly, the photos are not of high quality. The aircraft appears to have a lot of wing area. Apparently it has air intakes both below the leading edge of the wing and on the spine, leading to some speculation that it could have three engines.


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This apparently is a Chengdu product. There is *also* a Shenyang prototype that recently flew. Ostensibly that means that the Chinese are flight-testing two 6th-generation aircraft at once. See below for the obligatory fuzzy photo of the Shenyang aircraft.

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

I, for one, am having difficulty adjusting to the "new" look of aircraft. The F-8, F-4, then F-14, and F-18 are still what my minds eye see when I think fighters. The F-35 just doesn't do it for me. And now the Gen 6 ascetics? Gonna need some more coffee while I contemplate the future.

 

[Llarry]

Meanwhile, the CNS Fujian (CV-18) has been conducting sea trials. No flight deck ops to date, although some mockups of future carrier aircraft have been seen onboard, including Flankers, the new fighter and a trainer.

Note three catapults, four cross-deck pendants and only two (?) elevators.

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

CNS Fujian (CV-18) has been conducting sea trials

And next, the Type 076 Amphibious Carrier. Where's Reagan's 600 ship Navy strategy when we need it?

Type 076 Amphibious Carrier Launched By Hudong In Shanghai

China today launched the innovative new Type 076 amphibious carrier equipped with an electromagnetic catapult and named it "Sichuan".

www.navalnews.com

 

[hscs]

Meanwhile, the CNS Fujian (CV-18) has been conducting sea trials. No flight deck ops to date, although some mockups of future carrier aircraft have been seen onboard, including Flankers, the new fighter and a trainer.

Note three catapults, four cross-deck pendants and only two (?) elevators.

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But does it have eggs to order at Midrats In WR1/2?

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

But does it have eggs to order at Midrats In WR1/2?

No, but all the fish heads and rice you can handle.