Chinese F-117A?

SteelBird

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Couldn't find a thread related to this topic, so I start a new one.

I saw this post on sina.com this morning about a satellite photo and a low resolution photo about something looks identical to the F-117A. Does China develop something similar to F-117A? This doesn't sound logical to me because the F-117A is already obsoleted and has been retired by the USAF. Maybe just a model; however, the plane is rather big in size compared to the cars nearby, and it doesn't look to have landing gears to me.

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SteelBird

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I was thinking that if the photo could be PSed. If it is a model then it rather big size model, almost 1:1. In the first photo, there is another aircraft near by, look like a J-6 to me, but it doesn't look like an airfield at all. Could it be a model factory?
 
siegecrossbow

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SteelBird said:
I was thinking that if the photo could be PSed. If it is a model then it rather big size model, almost 1:1. In the first photo, there is another aircraft near by, look like a J-6 to me, but it doesn't look like an airfield at all. Could it be a model factory?
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You misinterpreted me. What I meant was a possible mockup, like the J-20 "model" that we saw a while back. There are also 1:1 F-16 mock ups in China which are used to decorate parks.
 
Jeff Head

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SteelBird said:
Couldn't find a thread related to this topic, so I start a new one.

I saw this post on sina.com this morning about a satellite photo and a low resolution photo about something looks identical to the F-117A. Does China develop something similar to F-117A? This doesn't sound logical to me because the F-117A is already obsoleted and has been retired by the USAF. Maybe just a model; however, the plane is rather big in size compared to the cars nearby, and it doesn't look to have landing gears to me.

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Looks like some kind of mock-up to me. Can't imagine that it is functional at all sitting there in that parking lot.
 
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Remember the leopard 2 A6 tank in china? Turn out to be a scale 1:1 model by a modeling company...

I will not be surprised this is also one of their product.
 
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