Chinese trainer first flight?

I saw an article in the local Chinese paper last night, but didn't
have the time to decipher it. Picture showes a tandem jet in flight,
and the caption said something about a two-seater, the first
home-grown trainer of the Chinese Air Force. Did anyone else notice
this news, or is it old hat?

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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan

"Gernot Hassenpflug" wrote in message
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I saw an article in the local Chinese paper last night, but didn't
have the time to decipher it. Picture showes a tandem jet in flight,
and the caption said something about a two-seater, the first
home-grown trainer of the Chinese Air Force. Did anyone else notice
this news, or is it old hat?

It is not their first homegrown jet trainer--that laurel would rest with the
JL-8 (K-8 in western sources), which is used not only by the PLAAF but also
by Pakistan and Egypt, and IIRC Sri Lanka has/had some on hand. What you saw
was a story about the first flight of their new more advanced trainer, the
JL-9. The photos I have seen of that aircraft are a bit strange--the front
end resembles a lot of the current crop of new advanced training aircraft
popping up throughout the world, but the ass-end resembles in some ways the
lines of some of their older fighter aircraft (MiG-21 derivitive). The JL-9
will likely become their new LIFT platform.

Brooks


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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan

"Kevin Brooks" writes:

"Gernot Hassenpflug" wrote in message
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I saw an article in the local Chinese paper last night, but didn't

What you saw was a story about the first flight of their new more
advanced trainer, the JL-9. The photos I have seen of that aircraft

Thanks for that, I could not read any designation, though a Chinese
name was given instead (pronounication unknown to me - any Chinese
readers on this group?)


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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan

"Gernot Hassenpflug" wrote in message
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"Kevin Brooks" writes:

"Gernot Hassenpflug" wrote in message
...
I saw an article in the local Chinese paper last night, but didn't

What you saw was a story about the first flight of their new more
advanced trainer, the JL-9. The photos I have seen of that aircraft

Thanks for that, I could not read any designation, though a Chinese
name was given instead (pronounication unknown to me - any Chinese
readers on this group?)

The following might be of interest:

http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/...rainer/jl9.asp

Brooks


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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan

"Kevin Brooks" writes:

http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/...rainer/jl9.asp

Indeed, very interesting! Nothing on the L-15 though, and the site
needs an update now :-) I should get the newspaper and get a better
look at the article tomorrow.

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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan