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yeah...some idiot seems take too much drugs and was barking here and there....lol... ---------------------------- the presence of WS20 powered Y20 is about at the end of this year ,or early 2018...you will see soon. and inflight refueler might be the first 'derivative'... the ground test...

the imported D30 number is limited ,but in the past years quite many H-6K have joined in PLAAF very fast, so... besides the D30-KP-2，these Y20 LSP/SP might fly with the WS-18 - the clone of D30-KP-2...WS18 and WS 20 are Parallel projects or WS18 is the back-up safety for WS20...WS18 also gets...

almost all China Airplanes were test flied by PLAAF test pilots from CTFE since the very maiden flight...the PLAAF has been involved in the whole R&D phase of most of Military planes...the pilots from the PLAAF operation units have been trained and test flied the new model before the handover...

Y20 is officially commissioned today...2 jets joined in PLAAF... news images on twitter...

more Y20 Prototypes has appeared... No.784 in 2014 ...... No.785 last year... and No.788 recently...

Y-20 project moves on..... ---------------- 1. the 5th prototype (PT20005/785 ?) made the first flight already... 2. the high altitude flight test has been on for a while .the PT 783 was spotted in some high land airports at different places... Diqing Shangri-La Airport --Elevation AMSL 3,280...

another Y-20 project related news.. ------------------- Jan 12th 2015, CAN news : Another Military engine finished the Flight test, which is supposed to be the WS-18 engine-- the China version of D30KP2 the last test flight of this phase took place on 6th Dec 2014, the first test began on...

months ago. the No. 783 prototype conducted the cold weather test in some high latitude airfield of the North China ... and in another airfield even further north and colder... ---------------- meantime, the WS20 engine in-flight test on the Il76 flying testbed is still going on... rare...

781 and 783

3D-CG of WS20 engine. CFM International CFM56 would be a good Referent here (quite similar size and thrust ,even the design....) WS20 is a 12-13 tons class engine and more close to the late varient of CFM56 family...

a clear image of WS20 engine on the IL76 testbed...news said each sortie lasted hours and the engine performed well...

the third prototype of Y20 project was transfered to China Test Flight Establishment...and a CTFE number- 783 was given...

just before the New year's Day of 2014, the AVIC group--the Y20 project developer-- gifted many suppliers, sub contractors and co-operaters some Y20(PT20001) Scale models as souvenir... the scale model is quite detail rich,interestingly there are another four extra engines models in the packing...

Maiden Flight Anniversary Celebration---the fly test has lasted for a whole year... -------------------------------- the first Prototype---PT20001 (CEFT number--781) -------------------------------- the Third Prototype---side number:PT20003 ...actually it is the second one flied and it took...

the second Prototype of Y20 Project has begun the test flights recently...source: CD forum the video of its landing... http://youtu.be/RSqqhrJvOCw

some update of this project the very first Prototype Y20 ---20001 has transfered to CFTE(China Flight Test Establishment) from its Manufaturer-XAC which means its test flight has entered into a new phase. and a CFTE Serial Number was given ---'781' source: topboy's blog

WS20 has been fit on the IL76 Engine Testbed for quite a while...this was taken months ago before the maiden flight of Y20. WS20' model used to be briefly displayed publicly in Airshow Beijing 2009 as SF-A ---------------------------------- --------------------------- these two are both...

new Pix coming...the nose was painted gray as well...the second fight would be conducted soon

something new...source:DSWC