J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII

lcloo · Feb 8, 2023

From East Pendulum twitter:-
L'Usine 132 CAC à Chengdu a effectué le premier vol d'usine de l'année.

Translated from French
Factory 132 CAC in Chengdu performed the first factory flight of the year.

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This could be the first production batch of 2023, under-going pre-delivery test flights. Could be another 24(?) or so J20 for delivery in first quarter of 2023.

Temstar · Feb 11, 2023

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. He says WTC is hinting with this that one brigade with J-7 has been re-equipped with J-20.
That's a pretty big upgrade if true. Happened sometime last year?

minime · Feb 11, 2023

Temstar said:
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. He says WTC is hinting with this that one brigade with J-7 has been re-equipped with J-20.
That's a pretty big upgrade if true. Happened sometime last year?

J-7 to J-20? It's like winning the jackpot become a billionaire over night.

siegecrossbow · Feb 11, 2023

minime said:
J-7 to J-20? It's like winning the jackpot become a billionaire over night.

Compare their facial expressions with the poor blokes who changed from J-7 to J-8II in 2018. Anyone still has that picture handy?

by78 · Feb 14, 2023

Self-explanatory.

HighGround · Feb 14, 2023

by78 said:
Self-explanatory.

Is this at an air show, a camera perspective trick, or CGI? I don't think it's safe to fly aircraft that close. I remember listening to F-18 pilots discuss some of the Top Gun movie scenes, and how they would never fly planes that close to each other.

And yeah, I'm not a pilot or anything so I'd love to hear if I'm just wrong or not lol.

by78 · Feb 14, 2023

HighGround said:
Is this at an air show, a camera perspective trick, or CGI? I don't think it's safe to fly aircraft that close. I remember listening to F-18 pilots discuss some of the Top Gun movie scenes, and how they would never fly planes that close to each other.

And yeah, I'm not a pilot or anything so I'd love to hear if I'm just wrong or not lol.

It's from the last Zhuhai Airshow. The image was likely taken using a telephoto lens, which make objects appear closer to each other than they are in reality, and it also makes objects that are further away appear bigger than they should.

HighGround · Feb 14, 2023

by78 said:
It's from the last Zhuhai Airshow. The image was likely taken using a telephoto lens, which make objects appear closer to each other than they are in reality, and it also makes objects that are further away appear bigger than they should.

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense!

Nx4eu · Feb 14, 2023

by78 said:
It's from the last Zhuhai Airshow. The image was likely taken using a telephoto lens, which make objects appear closer to each other than they are in reality, and it also makes objects that are further away appear bigger than they should.

Telephoto lens aside they were still flying very close formations

defenceman · Feb 15, 2023

Hi
usually close formation is around 3 feet
formation flying, two or more aircraft traveling and maneuvering together in a

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, synchronized, predetermined manner. In a tight formation, such as is typically seen at an air show, aircraft may fly less than three feet (one metre) apart and must move in complete harmony, as if they are joined together.
thank you

J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII

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