China Flanker Thread II

[SinoSoldier]

Hmm after a quick search I found this one ... looks very much different and esp. much smaller.

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You are correct; the J-31 does seem quite smaller. Perhaps the mystery plane is simply an old Flanker awaiting disposal.

 

[Tyloe]

The first picture is most definitely a flanker type airframe. You could see the creases in the cloth made by the lateral leading extensions and the 'hump' behind the canopy, which is very similar to su-27 characteristics.

 

[Deino]

Regarding the sting or at least the short sting, it could be a J-15 !??

 

[Tyloe]

Maybe? It's very hard to tell but the sting does seem to be shorter than J-11's.

 

[delft]

It isn't possible to determine where the photo was taken?
If it is a Flanker: the tail sting is surely detachable so its absence doesn't give information.

 

[siegecrossbow]

View attachment 16000 May be like this?

You can tell by the curvature of the back that this is a flanker.

 

[taxiya]

it is in Yan Liang, Shaanxi province, where XAC and CATC are located. I agree that it is more likely a flanker due to the hump behind the canopy.

 

[Deino]

After a bit of hand-painting + cut & paste I would say that fits nicely ...

 

[Air Force Brat]

After a bit of hand-painting + cut & paste I would say that fits nicely ...

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Very nicely indeed, and dare I say it? "She" is shaped very sweetly with all the curves in the right places. Indeed why the Russian designers always seem to "get it right" they have an in-nate obsession with the female form, even our God seems to have perfected the species when He created woman, amazingly from "poor old Adams" spare parts?

and I will say, and say it again, "form follows function", and I love the Flanker even in her lovely zinc chromate primer, she is every inch a lady! no doubt why she flys so well, a form that even the atmosphere around "her" seems to want to get close to and "cling to"?

 

[Deino]

Amen to that !