Chinese Trainer Aircraft (JL-8, JL-9, JL-10 (L-15), etc.)
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is this the first time China ever release a jet cockpit on tv in such high resolution?The cockpit (front seat) of Guizhou JL-9/FTC-2000(G).
by78
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No, they've done it for several jets over the years, along with high-resolution photographs.
Wingtip PL-5s, LS-6(?) glide bombs, and a gun pod.
Looks similar to this one ... no. 12 spotted in May 2016
by78
General
Yes, it's indeed a newly released old image to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the program's maiden flight.
Do some people have read news about the Minshan engine for the JL-10 (L-15) ?
News? ... for me the Minshan aka WS-17 (??) is nearly an as mythical engine like the WS-13 Taishan and WP-14 Kunlun. I don'r remember any "news" after its unveiling in 2014:
I never quite got why the WP-14 Kunlun exists at all. China had the license to build the Rolls-Royce Spey aka WS-9 back then. So why did they not just build a combat jet with two of those engines instead? Not that it matters anymore given combat jets with the WS-10 now exist.
I have heard some people say online that China already got all it needed out of their purchase of Motor Sich including. All schematics and key personnel. That all the nationalization of Motor Sich will achieve is the termination of all their engine sales to China. If this is true then Ukraine certainly shot itself in the foot. We might simply see the Al-222 produced in China.
I have heard some people say online that China already got all it needed out of their purchase of Motor Sich including. All schematics and key personnel. That all the nationalization of Motor Sich will achieve is the termination of all their engine sales to China. If this is true then Ukraine certainly shot itself in the foot. We might simply see the Al-222 produced in China.