Z-8 and Z-18 transport helicopter - family & versions

lcloo

Major

• Mar 21, 2025

• #791

johncliu88 said:

Another picture of AC313. Don't know if it was posted before.


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Aircraft registration is B-70KE, operator/owner is Eastern General (under China Eastern General Aviation) 东方通用航空。

 

Wrought

Senior Member

Registered Member

• Apr 20, 2025

• #792

Some photos from PLAN exercises.

 

asif iqbal

Banned Idiot

• Apr 21, 2025

• #793

brilliant !

plenty of day/night busy flight deck operations showing formation flying

taking the landing of 4 helicopters one after the other is a very big test for the deck operators and crews

 

by78

General

• Jul 4, 2025

• #794

Z-18F aboard carrier Shandong.

 

by78

General

• Jul 5, 2025

• #795

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Two more fairly rare images of the Z-18F.

 

by78

General

• Jul 5, 2025

• #796

^^^ One more.

 

HailingTX20

Junior Member

Registered Member

• Jul 11, 2025

• #797

A Z-8L getting ready for the parade. They are kind of sexy in a thick and curvy kind of way:

 

by78

General

• Wednesday at 4:35 AM

• #798

Deino said:

... but with different engines as it seems? Or am I wrong?

by the way, according to this post and image on Weibo it appears, a dedicated EW/ECM variant (Z-8GD?) for the battlefield electronic jamming purpose similar to Russian Mi-8PPA is being developed ... Clearly visible are large antennas mounted on both sides of the mid-fuselage.

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A second Z-8G EW/ECM variant?

 

by78

General

• Wednesday at 5:51 AM

• #799

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A better image of the new Z-8G EW/ECM variant (foreground).