China Flanker Thread II

usaf0314 said:

I guess they figured out a way to use the elevator without folding the pitot probe

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Park it in an angle?

I want to see six of the Flying Sharks on the deck of the Liaoning...and I want to see it now!

Jeff Head said:

I want to see six of the Flying Sharks on the deck of the Liaoning...and I want to see it now!

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Yes, but please only after the maiden flight of '2011' !!

Deino said:

Yes, but please only after the maiden flight of '2011' !!

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Hehehe. Maybe SD should start a pool. But no money involved. Posting chits or something.

Six Flying Sharks on the Liaoning vs. 1st Flight of the J-20 "2011". Which will occur first? Line up your votes here.

I have to admit that it will probably be the 2011 first, so it should get some kind of handicap.

LOL! What we are reduced to.

Personally i think that prototype 2011 will fly in the next few weeks. The production J-15 might land on Liaoning at the end of the year if we are lucky. But instead of six i hope for twelve. So we will have one active squadron of Flankers on the Liaoning this year and perhabs another squadron next year. I'm also looking forward for the twin seat J-15S to land on the Liaoning.

Franklin said:

Personally i think that prototype 2011 will fly in the next few weeks. The production J-15 might land on Liaoning at the end of the year if we are lucky. But instead of six i hope for twelve. So we will have one active squadron of Flankers on the Liaoning this year and perhabs another squadron next year. I'm also looking forward for the twin seat J-15S to land on the Liaoning.

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I understand that Flanker batches generally number 24 aircraft. I don't see why in this case it should be half that number. I also understand that the first J-15's of this batch are already flying so we won't have to wait to the end of this year for the last aircraft of this batch.

Jeff Head said:

Hehehe. Maybe SD should start a pool. But no money involved. Posting chits or something.

Six Flying Sharks on the Liaoning vs. 1st Flight of the J-20 "2011". Which will occur first? Line up your votes here.

I have to admit that it will probably be the 2011 first, so it should get some kind of handicap.

LOL! What we are reduced to.

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Now Jeff, if you won't "put a Franklin" on it, you're not a "true believer"..... brat

delft said:

I understand that Flanker batches generally number 24 aircraft. I don't see why in this case it should be half that number. I also understand that the first J-15's of this batch are already flying so we won't have to wait to the end of this year for the last aircraft of this batch.

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I agree entirely. As there are 24 shelters at Xingcheng-2 (Huangdicun), we can be pretty sure that there will be 24 J-15's by the end of the year.

Jeff Head said:

Hehehe. Maybe SD should start a pool. But no money involved. Posting chits or something.

Six Flying Sharks on the Liaoning vs. 1st Flight of the J-20 "2011". Which will occur first? Line up your votes here.

I have to admit that it will probably be the 2011 first, so it should get some kind of handicap.

LOL! What we are reduced to.

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I think those malicious Chinese program managers have nothing better to do than to torment deino, and will hold off the first flight of 2011 indefinitely for no valid reason other than satisfy some private relish for pins and needles deino would endure while his wait stretches on and on.., .


I am just kidding! the real 2011 has been flying for weeks at a secret, undisclosed airfield located in area 52 in a off limits, shoot on sight section of the sparsely populated province of transmongolia. The unfliable mockup seen in photographs looks nothing like the actual prototype and is for disinformational purposes only.