J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread
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Is that the longest serial number ever seen on a Chinese warplane?
Clearly 93 … alone the H-number‘s final two digits confirm it.
No, the new H-numbers are all that long. Just look at them on the J-15.
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if its cabability is proportional to its beauty, then it will be world´s best fighter
Can it be deciphered, i mean which one is the batch number and which one is the number of aircraft in that batch?
I must admit, I'm still not totally sure how to read these new H-serial numbers but it seems to me a code of aircraft, operational use, unit, sub-unit and individual bort number within that unit.
As such the best understood part of the system is the 1st digit aka 1 = fighter and the final two digits aka 93 = bort number!
The construction number or which aircraft it is within a certain production batch can only be identified by the construction number, which is here not visible.
The most unconfirmed part of the new number is the 2nd to 5th digits.
Another thought besides the 360° EOTS, most interesting, they seem to expand / progress with the aircraft on show: They did the first flights on these rehearsals with pt. 01 & 06 ... then with pt. 05 & 06 ... then with two LRIP J-35 without numbers but one with the shark markings on the tail ... now at least one with tactical numbers!