Chinese Trainer Aircraft (JL-8, JL-9, JL-10 (L-15), etc.)

Can we come back to The topic please ??

GAC released some good photos of its test flight facility on 02.Mar.2017. The business seems running very well.

Naval version JL-9 resumed flight test after CNY season.


The number of the produced JL-9 reached 100. Notice here No.78420 is equipped with formation light so it is capable for night flight training.

They are still making new JJ-7, but this is the final batch except they can find some foreign customer very soon, which is obviously very unlikely.

WestRiver said:

They are still making new JJ-7, but this is the final batch except they can find some foreign customer very soon, which is obviously very unlikely.

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Are they build by the same company that is making the JL-9 or is this another company ?

If it's the same company I don't quite understand why they are still building the old version.

(I'm not sure "company" is the correct wording as all these facilities seem to belong to AVIC in some way)

As far as I know it is indeed the same manufactor and factory ... but I thought the JJ-7A is no longer in production since years ! Indeed strange.

Could it be that these are birds for maintenance or MLU?? Or do they specificly mention, that they are new-build ones?

Deino

I have this thought too that the production of JJ-7 has been ceased long before, but there are two official statements from GAC last year.

1. 24.07.2016

"On 24.07, the landing of a JJ-7A indicates that the test flight of type A planes of the current year production is accomplished. It also implies that an era comes to the end after decades of production and development. " In similar news states that the production of JJ-7 started in 1985, and totally XX aircrafts were produced in 20 years.

2. 23.09.2016

9月23日下午2点10分，贵飞公司董事长、总经理、党委书记王文飞与驻公司总军代表共同在歼教七飞机履历本上签字，之后双方紧紧握手相互祝贺。这标志着由贵飞公司近20年生产交付的歼教七A型飞机最后一批飞机顺利实现铅封交付。公司领导单怀荣、周治能、臧建新及质量、检验、生产等部门主要领导和军代表参加签字仪式。副总师张卫东主持签字。

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"GAC CEO Wang Wenfei and the Chief Military Representative signed on the record book of JJ-7A and congratulated each other. This indicated that the last batch of JJ-7A from GAC's 20 years production is delivered."

Fazit: It's possible the current JJ-7As in GAC are old ones after overhaul/refurbishment, but in 2016 the production is definitely still running.

I see that the front and the air intake of JJ-7 are still the same as that of the early MiG-21's of sixty years ago.

On 04.Mar.2017, several JL-9Hs took off from GAC and transferred to their naval AF training base.

Nice: finally 8 JL-10s ... any info on WHERE this image was taken ??