J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

by78

General
From the rehearsals.

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Deino

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Given this small video and two - eventually three - identified serials and construction numbers my guess was wrong:

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c/n 0108 = 07 ?? (was formerly no. 107- not very clear in the background)
c/n 0209 = 18 (was formerly no. 118)
c/n 0211 = 20 (was formerly no. 120)

But this leaves the question on what happened to the former no. 100, is this now '00' - IMO unlikely - or has it become the new '24'?

And what's written under the c/n?

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Intrepid

Major
China has planned for one training airwing.

For other reasons, two training carriers will soon be available.

So they can use one of the two training carriers elsewhere (as a real laboratory for designers and engineers, for example).
 

Inst

Captain
Just out of humor's sake, has anyone tried arguing that the Su-33/J-15 is a Lavi clone as it's swept wing, canard instead of LERX, ventral strakes?

Two engines though. I'd argue that all aircraft to date are a clone of the Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk plane as they all have engines and wings. Would take the B-2 and related flying wing designs out of the running, though.
 
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