China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft

SinoSoldier said:

Why develop WS-20 and CJ-1000 separately when they can simply pool their resources and build two variants of the same core instead?

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WS-20 is almost ready, the program has been more than 10 years, CJ-1000 began much later and still has a long way to go, PLA can not wait.

CJ-1000 is more advanced, trying to match LEAP on both noise and fuel efficiency because C919 is going to compete A320NEO. For that reason, CJ-1000 has foreign assistance, I remember MTU aero is involved. I don't know if the foreign element of CJ-1000 will prohibit its early adoption by PLA. Even if that is not an issue, it is simply too late.

13 units sitting at XAC

Most of them have their engines too. Quite impressive.

Very impressive

The finally tally is probably over 30 units

I want to see a line up and now

asif iqbal said:

Very impressive

The finally tally is probably over 30 units

I want to see a line up and now

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Indeed ... and to know what will be the second unit after the 4th Transport Division's 12th AR.

Screen captures of Y-9's interior, including the cargo bay...

Flight engineer's station:


To the flight engineer's right, the red characters say: "First Aid Station".


Cargo bay:

Commencing airdrop. Note the 'jump light' turns green in the third photo.

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by78 said:

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Ok...cargo deck engineers has safety belt(?), but no helmet or intercom gear...

MwRYum said:

Ok...cargo deck engineers has safety belt(?), but no helmet or intercom gear...

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Looks like the loadmasters (?) at the front of the cargo bay have intercoms/headsets. Having that itself is not bad.