Chinas second fifth generation fighter

[Jaap]

And then there were two.
This time by SAC, at the ramp at Shenyang-Beiling here: 41.858288°,123.434313°

Should have been the J21, but the number indicates J31.


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[tomcat604]

Nice is that the Hasegawa kit or the Tamiya one?

[Jaap]

Nice is that the Hasegawa kit or the Tamiya one?

Unknown, it didn't fit in a box when they sent the static test airframe to Yanliang last July (1800km roadtrip).





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[Stratofreighter]

Also see
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... na-376526/
and
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx? ... e20a1cb3e5
plus
http://theaviationist.com/2012/09/16/j-31/

[Jaap]

This morning the high speed taxi test was performed in preparation for the first flight

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[Jaap]

First flight of J31 31001 was this morning (10.32 LT) with two J11BSs acting as chase planes.

[Stratofreighter]

First flight of J31 31001 was this morning (10.32 LT) with two J11BSs acting as chase planes.

And piccies from
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ht-378353/







http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ht-378353/ doesn't have that much more details for now.

[Jaap]

Ten minutes after takeoff