Wired needs a bogey man and China fits the bill. With the added bonus of it being hard to verify the "facts".
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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Wired needs a bogey man and China fits the bill. With the added bonus of it being hard to verify the "facts".
not really sure. I don't think it really matters at this point. As long as China develops Y-20 successfully, it can get on with all of the projects that depend on it.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
One of the best if not the best cargo transport ever to make service is the C130, its safely record is second to none, its service record is second to none
In its long history it's served well with Air Force from east to west, and its real asset is its ability to take off and land in very short distances
During the Kashmir earthquake the C130 could land on unimaginable short rough strips of land, and also then take off with a load of injured people, you can get medial supply's and stretchers inside with ease not only that a single C130 could hold enough supply's to feed hundreds of people
All military cargo air craft are designed to take off and land in rough short distances, but very few can actually do that and C130 is one of them
I hope Y-9 and Y-20 can achieve this feat and record , making a cargo is one thing but making it a successful one is a different thing
Looking at the testing and certification process of the ARJ-21 and AC-313 it does seem like China is going about the business in the right way I guess we will have to wait and see how Y-9 and Y-20 turn out there's plenty of time for thier development
In its long history it's served well with Air Force from east to west, and its real asset is its ability to take off and land in very short distances
During the Kashmir earthquake the C130 could land on unimaginable short rough strips of land, and also then take off with a load of injured people, you can get medial supply's and stretchers inside with ease not only that a single C130 could hold enough supply's to feed hundreds of people
All military cargo air craft are designed to take off and land in rough short distances, but very few can actually do that and C130 is one of them
I hope Y-9 and Y-20 can achieve this feat and record , making a cargo is one thing but making it a successful one is a different thing
Looking at the testing and certification process of the ARJ-21 and AC-313 it does seem like China is going about the business in the right way I guess we will have to wait and see how Y-9 and Y-20 turn out there's plenty of time for thier development
What's that last one on the bottom right?
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
At first I thought they were all the same! 
Interesting to see Y-20 lifting a WZ-10 attack helicopter, although a very expensive way to transport military equipment these kinds of cargos are a good way to transport equipment quickly and over long distances
As big as the C-17 Globemaster III is it can still only lift 1 x M1 Abram MBT, however I think the C-5 Galaxy can lift 2 that's well over 120 tons
Interesting to see Y-20 lifting a WZ-10 attack helicopter, although a very expensive way to transport military equipment these kinds of cargos are a good way to transport equipment quickly and over long distances
As big as the C-17 Globemaster III is it can still only lift 1 x M1 Abram MBT, however I think the C-5 Galaxy can lift 2 that's well over 120 tons
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supercat
Major
YEPPP ... thanks a lot !
Deino
According to that article, Y-20 does NOT have supercritical wings. Considering China has world-class supercomputers for the very demanding calculations in aerodynamics, what's missing here?
Schumacher
Senior Member
New photo.
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