J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

[Deino]

Do we know the serial number of the second J-20 at Changchun?

 

[SinoAmericanCW]

It's indeed ironic, that nowadays images showing the IMO still top-tier PLAAF fighter it's almost boring!

Every manned fighter that isn't a J-15DT/16D, J-20A/S, J-35/A or J-36/XDS registers as a J-7G to me now.

 

[by78]

A high-resolution Changchun Air Show preview.

 

[Deino]

2x J-20AS + a few more J-20A ...

 

[by78]

A better version.

 

[by78]

A Changchun Air Show preview.

 

[00rinsak]

A Changchun Air Show preview.

are those J-20As? Kind of blurry but I feel like the radome color is lighter than the fuselage, and that the hump's visible (especially on the jet on the far left). I don't have high hopes but it would definitely be super sick if that was the case.

 

[siegecrossbow]

are those J-20As? Kind of blurry but I feel like the radome color is lighter than the fuselage, and that the hump's visible (especially on the jet on the far left). I don't have high hopes but it would definitely be super sick if that was the case.

Only vanilla J-20 are going to Changchun.

 

[Nevermore]

I don't think we should be making theories about block sizes =)

my guess is that they were probably at 220-40 at start of 2024 and then eclipsed 300 sometimes in second half of last year and probably at low 300s at start of this year (based on yankee's statement that apparently people died in CAC from work exhaustion, ~100 last year seemed not unreasonable). And probably hit 400 sometime this year.

Does the figure of 100 refer to the number of people who died from overwork within a year? Is there a source for this number? It seems absurdly high. I believe even 10 deaths from overwork in a single year would constitute a very serious incident warranting a thorough investigation.

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Thanks for the correction. It seems I was mistaken in thinking 100 might refer to the number of work-related injuries. I must have been out of my mind.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Does the figure of 100 refer to the number of people who died from overwork within a year? Is there a source for this number? It seems absurdly high. I believe even 10 deaths from overwork in a single year would constitute a very serious incident warranting a thorough investigation.

The "100" is actually referring to the rough number of J-20s produced at Chengdu AC per year in 2024, not the number of workplace exhaustion deaths at Chengdu AC. If the latter is the case, it'd have been headline news across China already.