A squadron of People’s Liberation Army fighter jets – with at least three J-2o stealth fighters and a number of J-10B training jets powered by thrust-vectoring engines – awed spectators in an aerobatic show featuring dazzling maneuvers and mock dogfights.
Tuesday’s performance was a centerpiece of a biennial airshow being held in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai.
The J-20, incorporating the best of Chinese technologies in warplane development and aerial combat as the nation’s first fifth-generation fighter, made its debut two years ago in Zhuhai during the previous airshow.
This time these J-20s sported a new camouflage look reportedly with improved stealth capability, according to the Global Times.
The PLA also showed off an indigenous thrust-vectoring engine, the WS-10 Taihang, as a J-10B training fighter equipped with the engine soared to the skies from Zhuhai’s airport and made a “Pugachev’s Cobra,” a maneuver in which a plane flying at a moderate speed suddenly raises the nose momentarily to slightly beyond the vertical position before dropping to a normal horizontal flight.
It uses engine thrust to maintain a near-constant altitude throughout the entire move.
The J-10B is reportedly the world’s first single-engine canard wing fighter jet to have performed the Pugachev’s Cobra maneuver.
small but perfectly formed
small but perfectly formed
There is a typo in this report – in the line ", incorporating the best of Chinese technologies in warplane development" the adjecivie "Chinese" should be replaced by "American". After watching that stunning spin with the turbocarged blast I am thinking that every rich Chinese boy whose mom bought him a Lamborghini is now going to be asking her for their own private J20 to impress their poorer friends.
There is a typo in this report – in the line ", incorporating the best of Chinese technologies in warplane development" the adjecivie "Chinese" should be replaced by "American". After watching that stunning spin with the turbocarged blast I am thinking that every rich Chinese boy whose mom bought him a Lamborghini is now going to be asking her for their own private J20 to impress their poorer friends.
Variable thrust is Ru tech.. Afterburner not turbo.. Mickey.
Variable thrust is Ru tech.. Afterburner not turbo.. Mickey.
The video shows that it is a J20 performing the Pugachev’s Cobra.” Why does AT lie about it? LOL!
The video shows that it is a J20 performing the Pugachev’s Cobra.” Why does AT lie about it? LOL!
It was a deliberated mistake !!?…while having lunch …hands busy + dirty full of food !!!
It was a deliberated mistake !!?…while having lunch …hands busy + dirty full of food !!!