AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Here's one flying around.
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
- Thread starter Totoro
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Is it just me or does Y-20 seem to have more rear wheels than the Il-76? I could be wrong though...
They're arranged differently. It has three "rows", compared to Il-76's two, but Il-76 has two "columns" compared to Y-20's one, I think. Going purely by wheels, Il-76 has 16 at its rear MLG, Y-20 seems to have 12 (same as A400M).
I think that's flawed logic.
C-17 has 12 wheels for its rear MLG, fewer than Il-76 but it vastly exceeds Il-76s MTOW.
Schumacher
Senior Member
Looks more like first publicity flight.
hehe, maybe. it's also interesting to see that J-15 was used as escort.
Actually I can't think of an "un-official" flight before ....
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Schumacher
Senior Member
The flight time of exactly 1 hour looks too precise, and there are talks of earlier flights.
And the official TV has reported on the flight saying it's mainly for disaster relief and other humanitarian stuffs.
who knows, I heard that J-15 did all its landing trainings in Huangjiahu黄家湖wuhan，I'm a local, and I've asked many people, nobody knows anything about it, they must have carried out all the trainings after mid-night.