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Isn't this the dif between pure trainer and light attack version?L-15A is the export version will be a fair guess
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Isn't this the dif between pure trainer and light attack version?L-15A is the export version will be a fair guess
L-15A is the export version will be a fair guess
Thanks ... but why then do some on the production line have a pitot on their radar and others not ?
Probably the first JL-10 for the PLAAF....
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Again ... if those without the pitot are for the PLAAF and these now with a pitot too ... why two versions ??
I heard that those radomes without pitot are provisional nose cones
I am sorry. The lastest Information I have is that newly produced radomes of either PLAAF or export versions are not mounted with pitot.Thanks again for Your reply but even if this could be a reasonable explanation, I have my serious doubts.
Why should they fly with a provisorial one featuring no pitot - at least the pitot is a sensor relevant for flying - only to receive later one with a pitot.
Even more if You remember that the PESA-equipped one had no pitot and there are already a few on the production line with and others without a pitot. If it would be only an interim measure, then all JL-10s and L-15s should be more or less the same during manufacturing.
Maybe it's a bit far-fetched, but IMO / my theory these are indeed two different versions currently on the production line: 1. the export versions L-15 - similar to the Zambian standard - featuring a radome without a pitot ... and
2. the PLAAF version JL-10 featuring a radome with a pitot.
Just my 2 cents.
Deino
This bird took so long to join the service.