China’s stealth carrier fighter makes maiden flight
This grainy photo of China’s much-hyped twin-engine carrier-borne fighter emerged in late October. (Chinese Internet)
China’s military aviation industry continues to pump out new aircraft, including the long-expected appearance of a carrier stealth fighter.
Just a few days after imagery emerged of a twin-seat J-20 fighter performing a high-speed taxi, military aircraft aficionados were sent into raptures of delight when a photo emerged of a Chinese carrier-borne stealth fighter performing its maiden flight in Shenyang.
The photo appeared on 29 October, the new twin-engine fighter in turquoise-green primer paint based on a modified Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) FC-31 design that achieved its maiden flight in October 2012.
Remarkably, this is only the second stealthy carrier-borne fighter in the world, the first being the F-35C flown by the USN. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that
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