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  1. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Newly available pics of the Y20U tanker shows what seem to be modifications to the sponsons that house the aircraft's landing gear: When compared to standard Y20A, Y20U has two refueling pods towards its wing tips and an unusual belly fairing speculated to be a third refueling station (Il78...
  2. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    CCTV short video that includes the GIFs previously posted on the thread(blue cammo and all):
  3. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Honestly, I don't understand the thinking behind this "smurf" uniform from the marines. Let alone why they paint their armoured vehicles in the same "cammo"
  4. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Y20 in para-trooper insertion and air-drop training:
  5. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Photo Credits to Huang Wei: PLAAF transport aircraft attached to an air force aviation division under the PLA Western Theater Command taking off for sorties in airlift exercises. Aircraft are Y20's heavy lift transports, Y9 medium weight and twin engine Y7's.
  6. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    IDK if they're lining up for take-off or just taxiing Cold weather ops:
  7. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Sichuan Qionglai, Y-20A 04/01/2018 Landing with flaps deployed to slow her down. IDK when this was taken.
  8. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    XAC's Y20 assembly line: http://ep.cannews.com.cn/publish/zghkb7/html/304/node_011505.html A good resolution pic
  9. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    I'd point out that design assistance for the Y20 programme came from Antonov(a Ukranian company), not Ilyushin(the Russian manufacture of the Il76); but I tire of fact checking the claims of ignorant Indian trolls on threads about Chinese platforms. Even if it had 8 engines and an 80m wide...
  10. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Their dimensions aren't even the same. Y20 is significantly wider than an Il76 airframe. The fact that you believe aircraft design and manufacturing is that simple dictates that I not take your comment seriously. If it we're that easy, then even HAL could design and manufacture an air-lift...
  11. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Yes, Aero Engine Corp. of China is currently testing and developing the WS20 high bypass turbofan for use on the Y20 and the civilian Y20-F100 version. http://m.aviationweek.com/zhuhai-2016/avic-proposes-civil-version-y-20-airlifter-0 Which air-lifter is the Y20 a copy of again? Whenever...
  12. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Possibly the seventh Y20 airframe to leave Xi'an's production line. To be confirmed:
  13. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Actually I do. Contract or no, are any Indian Il78's flying on PS90's? None of the IAF's IL78's have PS90's installed. Are IAF Il78's "useles" and "obsolete"? Are they not operational RIGHT NOW? The Il78's deployed by the VKS to Hmyamim Air base in Syria still operate on D-30KP-2's "mr...
  14. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Is it? Maybe u should tell the VKS that... And IAF IL78's can't take off or function since D30 KP2's are useless right? : Il78M/MKI/MP/ME tankers flying on D30KP2's can transfer 105 000KGs of jet fuel. Save your BS mate
  15. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Then the Il78's "fuel load for refueling wouldn't even be worth going airbourne" considering that the Y20A's lifting capacity is similar to the Il76 and Il78, You do know that they use the same "old Russian engines" right?
  16. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    If that's what you want to call it, but it is still the largest military air-lifter in production world-wide. And "half-baked" or not, D30-KP2 powered Y20A's still provide the PLAAF with the same lift capability that the service previously had to import in the form of Il76's: In a few years...
  17. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    *shrugs* No official release as to the number of Y20's the PLAAF intends to purchase has ever been made public. Nor has there been any indication as to whether AWACs or Tanker variants are in development. If there are any such plans, I can only assume that they would wait until the high...
  18. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    5 Y20's in service (including the first two air-frames inducted in July 2016) and the Xian institute has also completed a passenger ferry test, setting a record for passengers carried in a single flight by a Chinese aircraft: http://www.eastpendulum.com/y-20-teste-transport-de-passagers Y-20...
  19. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Video: April 21, The ThirdTest Flight of Y-20 http://www.56.com/u79/v_OTA1NzgyOTI.html/1030_zcwshw.html
  20. J20!

    Y20 Chinese Transport Aircraft

    Got em:
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