Nanchang CJ-6A crash in USA

“WW2 aircraft”….

Role: Trainer/Light attack
Manufacturer: China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
First flight: August 27, 1958
Introduced: 1960
Status: Operational
Primary user: Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force
Number built: 2,000+

A common, but erroneous, belief is that the CJ-6 is a Chinese version of the Yakovlev Yak-18A. Its predecessor, the Nanchang CJ-5, was a licence-built version of the Yak-18. However, advancements in pilot training brought a need for a new aircraft with improved performance and a tricycle landing gear. When the Soviet Union developed the Yak-18A, PLAAF engineers decided that its performance and design would not suit China’s needs.

During late 1957 Aeronautical Engineers Bushi Cheng and Lin Jiahua began work in Shenyang on a trainer design that addressed the shortcomings of the Yak-18A. The design they delivered featured an aluminum semi-monocoque fuselage, flush-riveted throughout, and introduced a modified Clark airfoil wing design with pronounced dihedral in the outer sections. Wind tunnel testing validated the design, and in May 1958 the program was transferred to the Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing factory where Chief Engineer Goa Zhenning initiated production of the CJ-6. The first flight of the CJ-6 was completed on August 27, 1958 by Lu Maofan and He Yinxi.

so he ended up in the poo:D

Bit more here, with some photos.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/150387

Oh crap

What a pisser!!!!

Case of the sh*t hitting the fan (prop)……….?

Nice accurate reporting until the first line. The CJ -6 is most definitely post war.