HISTORICAL TRIBUTE: China's first indigenous fighter -- Q-5 Fantan

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It was regarded as China's first indigenous-designed fighter

First flight July 4, 1965

At that time, it was comparable to the BAe Harrier

 

[naumananjum]

they started in 1965 just 45 years ago and now stand with the latest

 

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nice pictures, I can still remember my childhood days when I stared at the Q-5 on-board the 1:2 mock-up CVN Nimitz in suburban Shanghai and naively thought that was the real carrier borne fighter for the PLAN since it resembled the harrier.