Soar Dragon shows itself again.



J-20 when it’s flying around… in the ground it is like a very ugly “suit case” like someone here said.
F-35 is a aircraft designed for VTOL, and TV would only add more weight to a already sub-par aircraft.
F-35 is a sub-par aircraft? Now that’s a bold claim. What do you think is a good fighter then?
Popular spotting place being blocket.

Said to be flying near SAC. Unpainted J-20 or someone playing around with a RC model?


Mr. Luo inspecting something, but what is it?

This one looks a lot like Taranis from UK. Are we going to see something like this flying soon?


J-31 or new FC-1 displays?
The aircraft has been designed to deliver a highly stealthy configuration at low cost, with a heavy weapons load capability over a wide combat radius, says Avic. The model is a single-seat, twin-tail, twin-engine aircraft with a high wing, like the real aircraft seen in unattributed photographs on the Internet. As described at the show, the fighter has a typical takeoff weight of 17.5 metric tons, is 16.9 meters (55.5 ft.) long and 4.8 meters high with a wingspan of 11.5 meters.
Avic says the J-31 has a combat radius of 1,250 km (780 mi.) on internal fuel or 2,000 km with external tanks. Maximum speed is Mach 1.8, takeoff distance is 400 meters and its landing distance 600 meters
More here.
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_11_19_2012_p26-517474.xml&p=1
New pics. 😎

Only thing Chinese have said to public is that they are not in talks with Sukhoi. That makes me think that it’s Sukhoi officials trying to create buzz around the SU-35, and one way to create buzz is to claim they are going to get big order soon. SU-35 has not been exactly a great export success for Sukhoi.
Actually , i could swear i’ve seen a pic of a FC-1 model at this Zhuhai fare showing what seemed to be a LDP pod on the right (?), but i can’t remember where i saw it…:confused:
I tried to search such pictures but did not find any. Usually WMD-7 is what’s been accompanying JF-17 in airshows.
Here WMD-7 seen in Zhuhai 2012.


It seems that JF-17 is shorter than what many sources report.
Length: 14.0m
Height: 5.1m
Wingspan: 8.5m
Normal Take-off Weight: 9,100kg
Maximum Take-off Weight: 12,700kg
Maximum Thrust 8,700kg (afterburn)
Maximum External Stores: 4,600kg
Take-off and Landing Distance: 380/650m
Max Speed (mach): 1.6
Service ceiling: <16,700m
Ferry range: 2037km
Official specifications of the J-10.