Just some thoughts as the details revealed by these pictures are much more interesting than the fact of its unveilance itself !! :diablo:
Therefore I just strated to “collect” some notes …
– the very first picture with the complete line-up shows late-updated aircrafts (with that white antenna behind the canopy) with numbers within 1054x are from the 3rd. Division … and the last two (at the end of the line-up) aircraft are twin seaters with their larger canopy. Additional the other line-up picture showing the right side clearly shows an aircraft numbered 10741 … are these from a second regiment ???
– Most serials have beed PS-ed but the one picture with the J-10 + J-11 shows a number 50754 indicating – as noted by crobato – a very high number of J-10’s within the 44. Division … this may led to the question if the 44. Div is something similar to the USAF Luke AFB with its many F-16 sqaudrons acting as a training, tactics and testing base for that type ! :confused:
– additional this 44. Div aircraft is clearly a modified or late-production model .
– colourS: these two birds on the end of that video numbered No. 22 and 26are early machines from the 44. Div. ! Here’s interesting that no. 22 has the old numbering system “41252” in dark grey whereas no. 26 wears a yellow number on its tail with still a grey 26 !
– IFR-probe: Here I thougt until now it’s more a probe similar to the French Mirage’s but now it’s clearly a bolt-on system similar to the J-8H/F’s attached about in the middle of the right front fuselage. Besides that I always thought that the IFR-tests prototype was 1005 … here I tend more to 1006 which was related to air-to-ground-weapons testing !
– air-to-ground-weapons testing are not only captive tests but also actual live droppings … and rocket-pods too !
– and my most favourite is the very clear picture of the original white 01-prototype showing not a Lavi-clone but clearly a near serila-standard AL-31FN-powered J-10 !!!
… just some thoughts for now … maybe some more later !
Cheers, Deino 😀
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