Chinese Trainer Aircraft (JL-8, JL-9, JL-10 (L-15), etc.)

Giving and receiving instructions.

Taking off for training.

JL-10s and JL-8s.

Work resumes at Hongdu.

Re-posting lost images of JL-9G at the last Zhuhai show.

More high-resolution images of JL-10Gs...

JL-9s at the Xi’an Flight Academy.

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by78 said:

Work resumes at Hongdu.

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Are these new versions? I see a few new changes. Mostly, there are more different antennas not seen before.

I know Minnie Chan but she just quoted Li Jie and we all know China desperately need new catapult ready jet trainer because training using J 15 is one expensive exercise. And they need to train hell more Carrier pilots
Starting carrier program from scratch is not easy I see a lot of comment questioning China's carrier program But China compress what it normally take decades if not hundred years into just one or 2 decades. She does not even has carrier jet trainer yet. Everything has to be built from scratch. It is not like she can buy this trainer or hire trainer

China develops fighter jet for training new generation of aircraft carrier pilots

• Adapted JL-9 designed for use with the catapult launch system on the Type 002 carrier, which is still in construction
• Teaching a pilot how to take-off and land on a 300 metre flight deck takes two to three years, expert says

Chinese engineers have modified an old fighter jet to create a training aircraft for who will serve on the country’s – the Type 002 – which is currently in development, according to the plane’s manufacturer.

The adapted JL-9 – also known as the FTC-2000 Mountain Eagle or “Shanying” – was produced by Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (GAIC) specifically for use on the Type 002, which will have a catapult launch system, Beijing-based naval expert Li Jie said.