Zhuhai Airshow 2022
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That’s in fact the most interesting detail so far spotted, it’s a construction number and if we are correct, it means Batch 03 aircraft number 70 (the second one had CB0369).
Just to remember: when the 1st Air Brigade unveiled its J-20As in January 2022 construction number CB0256 was spotted, now these are CB0369 & CB0370.
And since these two numbers are serial numbers 78130 & 78131, it must be reminded, that serial 78132 was identified back in April 2022. So assuming the 10 serials aircraft were delivered sequentially, it would imply this CB0370 airframe existed back in April! … and this means we eventually - to phrase is carefully - need to raise our number estimates of J-20As in service dramatically?!
At least 160. Possibly more now. This would mark a monumental increase in pace of not just J-20 production, but fighter production overall.
ROFL what an angle, hiding the cockpit
hq-11 not a new thing
@stannislas
Still rather off angle.
I say this not because we don't know what J-20's cockpit generally looks like -- but because the photo I was talking about basically had a perfect shot to finally get a close up, almost perfect clear view of the inside of the cockpit for once, but the canard got in the way.
Obviously, that obstruction is by design, as these photographers likely have instructions to not take clear pictures of the cockpit, but it's still humorous how "neatly" the canard blocked the view.
