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And here is Hürjet in her assembly facilities. Her maiden flight is expected to take place in a couple of weeks.

TAI is used to such program shifts :) I don't think it's an issue. The aircraft was built airworthy thankfully. I don't think there will be massive changes to her specs. MMU's static tests will probably take place in the distant future tbh. They'll build a separate third prototype just for that...

The date was brought forward as a result of the gathered simulation data. The team was made aware that they could fly an airframe in 2023. So TAI decided to use GTU-0 (originally a ground test prototype) to perform the maiden flight. The reason why you don't see a boom on the radome is traced to...

That timetable is no longer up to date. GTU-0 will fly this year, Block 10 will fly in 2025.

Oh it will haha

It actually got painted over. Those bits of the aircraft are metallic to withstand the heat. There are some other plans as well.

Slightly older pictures of the TF-X. Back when engine ignition tests were taking place.

It was understood that it would be possible to fly this aircraft in 2023 after sim/ test results. What they postponed was the rollout, not the FF. In fact there still isn't an open source date for the first flight. Massive celebratory activities would indeed be disrespectful to the families...

Indeed man 😁 Hopefully all goes well.

TAI TF-X has started its taxi tests!

Partially agree. TurAF and TAI needs to figure stuff out first though. The Hürkuş-B deal is still problematic. The blame goes both ways.

You should celebrate their success now as well. It is no easy feat. This program will go on for years. And it won't be considered a success until the program is over. It's not only about mass producing hundreds of airframes. Hürkuş-B is being mass produced as well, has TurAF inducted them yet...

TF-X is progressing steadily. There are some nice updates. The public will be able to recognize some of these updates once the rollout occurs. We MIGHT get newly released pics of the aircraft in the upcoming days (prob old footage). But the rollout ceremony date has not been decided as of yet...

1) The design of GTU-0/P0 is actually frozen. But the CDR for the Block 10 (aka the real TF-X), has not yet finished. That aircraft, like aforementioned, isn't scheduled to fly until 2025. Its CDR activities will come to an end in the not too distant future. 2) I didn't call the first flying...

The first prototype hardly matters. GTU-0/P0 was meant to be an airworthy ground test aircraft. Alterations to the program schedule caused the first flight date to be brought forward. Block 10 was always meant to fly first. Block 10 or the second prototype, as things stand, isn't scheduled to...

Block 30 will feature the national engine. Block 10 is the variant that will enter mass production initially. This got confirmed by İbrahim Sünnetçi and another source. I think they're on the verge of producing the Block 10 prototype. Although this prototype might never make it into...

Turkish Aerospace Industries will soon start producing the TF-X Block 10.

The rollout date of the TF-X has been postponed due to the recent earthquakes in Turkey. The program itself continues without delays.

New details regarding the aircraft have emerged. The contracts for the Detail Design and Clarification Phase, which is planned to be completed by the last quarter of 2028, are expected to be signed at the DSEI 2023 fair to be held in England in September, when the CDR process of the Block 10...

TF-X started her engines and taxied on the runway for the very first time.