O.k., agreed on most parts …. but I nevers said that real aircraft were needed to simulate deck-handling operations. I agree with You that here maybe better locations, cheaper facilities or so could be made … but anyway this beast looks not like a hoax !! :confused:

Deino

I agree with You in regard of the statics … but here I can’t agree:

… It does not make any sense to built something real for training purposes. ….

Why ?? … it could be a test-site to train the deck-crews in handling deck-operations … and additionally the island can be used as a radar test-site to check EM-interferences with other equipment (helis, airplanes, …).

As far I know there currently a similar facility under construction for UK CV-program. :confused:

Altogether I agree with You that there are some things strange with this site, maybe even unlogical … but I don’t think this is a hoax or a photoshop fake and these guys must have at least an idea for what thei built this beast.

Any solid proof other than the canted nose of J 10-B ? Then again we would only know once its operational or exported i guess.

I don’t know how reliable You take this one … seems to be a fire-control AESA radar (X-band) developed by the 607 Institute.

http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/air-force/chinas-fire-control-x-band-asea-certified-last-year-4719.html

they mention this source: http://www.aviationnow.cn/2009/0322/5774_2.html

Deino :confused:

I said some posts back that we would have to agree to disagree on this one and see what happens and also said a number of times that FC-20 = J10B was my personal opinion – I can’t see why that stance is so difficult to stomach. I’m not asking everyone one on the forum to agree with me, just don’t rubbish that view unless someone has hard facts to prove otherwise.

Agreed … but the please don’t “rubbish the view / opinions of others unless someone has hard facts to prove otherwise” too !

I think we could end that debate.

Deino

Thanks for posting !

Besides that, here’s someone, who’s building – or better to say “scratching” a CHing Kuo in 1/72.

http://www.sonicmodel.com/topicdisplay.asp?BoardID=23&Page=3&TopicID=2527929 😮

Deino

In the current Air International is an interesting article about India’s Jaguar force, the Darin I & II upgrades and the future prospects of a Darin III.

Also mentioned is a model shown of a configuration “Darin III Jaguar IS” during the last Aero India with a new conical nose + new radar.

Does anyone have a picture of that model ???

Thanks in advance, Deino

I already asked myself, why not earlier ???

EXCLUSIVE: LCA To Receive “HF” Designation Next Year

At this time next year, India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, is near certain to receive a long due HF (“Hindustan Fighter”) designation just ahead of initial operational clearance (IOC), after which the ubiquitous “LCA” tag will be dropped and serve only as its type description. A senior Air Force officer told me recently that while designating the fighter was scarcely a priority at this juncture, a file was in motion containing possible HF designations based on various parameters. HAL has been periodically questioned about why the LCA doesn’t already have an HF tag. Stands to reason, actually. HAL’s under development intermediate jet trainer, Sitara, already has its final designation HJT-36 (Hindustan Jet Trainer), and HAL’s yet-t0-begin development ab-initio trainer already has the designation HTT-40 (Hindustan Turbo Trainer). So it isn’t really clear why the Tejas hasn’t received its rightful lineage designation, after all, it is India’s first fighter jet after the Marut of the sixties, which had its own venerable designation, HF-24.

So then, the HF-X Tejas, it shall be.

© Shiv Aroor

Deino