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about the aviadarts competition China sent some J-10s to.
The interesting bits summarized.
Russian military pilots emerged as the winners of the Aviadarts-2021 Air Force competition.
"The Russian crews triumphed in the bomber, assault, long-range and army aviation on combat and transport-combat helicopters, claiming the top spot and winning the competition’s cup," the press office said in a statement.
Chinese military pilots scored wins in the fighter and military transport aviation competitions, flying J-10 and Y-9 aircraft. The Chinese flight personnel also took two second places in the long-range and bomber aviation categories and the third spot in the military transport aviation contest, the Games’ organizers said.
Following the results of the final stage of the Aviadarts-2021 competition, its two records were revealed, the press office reported.
In particular, a pair of crews of Mi-8 transport-combat helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force scored a record 314 points in the army aviation category while the crew of a J-16 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force gained 323.5 points in the bomber aviation contest. Prior to that, the crews of Mi-8 choppers from the Stavropol Region scored the largest amount of 184 points in the competition’s history for piloting techniques, the organizers said.
The Aviadarts-2021 international flight skills competition is running on August 22 - September 4 in the Ryazan Region. The competition has brought together about 60 crews from the teams of China, Belarus and Russia. The flight contests involve J-10 and J-16, H-6 and Y-9 and Y-20 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force, Su-25 ground attack planes and Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force and Su-35S fighters, Su-34 bombers, Mi-28N and Ka-52 gunships of Russia’s Aerospace Force and other types of aircraft.
The interesting bits summarized.
Russian military pilots emerged as the winners of the Aviadarts-2021 Air Force competition.
"The Russian crews triumphed in the bomber, assault, long-range and army aviation on combat and transport-combat helicopters, claiming the top spot and winning the competition’s cup," the press office said in a statement.
Chinese military pilots scored wins in the fighter and military transport aviation competitions, flying J-10 and Y-9 aircraft. The Chinese flight personnel also took two second places in the long-range and bomber aviation categories and the third spot in the military transport aviation contest, the Games’ organizers said.
Following the results of the final stage of the Aviadarts-2021 competition, its two records were revealed, the press office reported.
In particular, a pair of crews of Mi-8 transport-combat helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force scored a record 314 points in the army aviation category while the crew of a J-16 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force gained 323.5 points in the bomber aviation contest. Prior to that, the crews of Mi-8 choppers from the Stavropol Region scored the largest amount of 184 points in the competition’s history for piloting techniques, the organizers said.
The Aviadarts-2021 international flight skills competition is running on August 22 - September 4 in the Ryazan Region. The competition has brought together about 60 crews from the teams of China, Belarus and Russia. The flight contests involve J-10 and J-16, H-6 and Y-9 and Y-20 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force, Su-25 ground attack planes and Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force and Su-35S fighters, Su-34 bombers, Mi-28N and Ka-52 gunships of Russia’s Aerospace Force and other types of aircraft.
Looks like the J-10B got their revenge on the Su-35 for the 2017 loss.
honest speaking, I would never image J-16 was catalogued as a bomber and drop unguided bomb before this Aviadarts-2021...
btw what is the "long-range" mentioned in the report?
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Sorry for asking stupid questions, but is there any context concerning the 314 points and 323.5 points? (so I can get an idea of how their performances are)
Is the Aviadarts competition anything like the tank biathlon that Russia hold each year. There is something fishy about that competition since Russia somehow come out on top year after year no matter what.
...what do you think...
I think yankesama once wrote something about this before, how speed limitation changes, or suddenly some height requirements popped out or got removed randomly, but after all, it's more like a practice on how Russian was trained on certain tactics, so they supposed to some edges
J-16 participated in the fighter bomber division. Normally JH-7 participates in this division but they didn’t send any this year.
These types of competitions are not about piloting or driving skills. Or is it about technological abilities of the platforms. Its about politics. By being at these types of events that the Russians are organizing China is showing Russia political support. In that context its not polite to upstage the host. I'm not saying that the Russians would have lost for sure if China gave it all. But i'm quite certain there were instructions to the Chinese teams before leaving for Russia to aim for the second place.
Politics AND economics. Imagine what would happen if China won both the Aviadarts and Tank Biathlon competitions continuously. Chinese equipment would gain more and more attraction and Russia might have to give up part of their market share. The worst part in this scenario is that the Russian economy will take a big hit, and this doesn’t serve the Russians nor the Chinese well. Fortunately the Chinese economy doesn’t depend on military exports for sustenance, so they can take this reputation hit.