Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[Beast]

Indeed this is perhaps a game-changer-level event! It's far more than about boosting Y-20 performance, it's about changing our aviation industry military & commercial.

Look forward to Chinese civilian jets powered by WS-20 variant or other high-pass turbofan, and these civilian airframes can be repurposed for military use like tankers, AWAC, ASW, ELINT, etc.

Once the WS-10 is mastered and mature, a lot ball starts rolling. Subsequent high thrust turbofan development will also experience a easy path.

 

[JSCh]

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows Chinese military aircraft returning to the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on Jan. 29, 2022, after delivering relief supplies to Tonga. (Xinhua/Ding Zengyi)

Noon 9 Feb, returning from Vietnam and Indonesia after delivering medical aids supplies.

 

[JSCh]

20 ton to Solomon island.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1494573819029504000

 

[Deino]

Best image of a Y-20U so far ...

 

[Shotgunner51]

Y-20's in an airborne operation training

 

[vi-va]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501430445124116483

 

[Scorpiooo]

So how many Y20u are produced

 

[Beast]

So how many Y20u are produced

I think currently 4 the most.

 

[truthseeker2010]

I think currently 4 the most.

and overall?

 

[Beast]

and overall?

A few Y-20U tanker are enough to fufil majority of PLAAF over continental needs. PLAAF still operate 3 IL-78 and more than a dozen H-6U.

 

[truthseeker2010]

A few Y-20U tanker are enough to fufil majority of PLAAF over continental needs. PLAAF still operate 3 IL-78 and more than a dozen H-6U.

i was asking about total no of y-20 produced till now

 

[Beast]

i was asking about total no of y-20 produced till now

4

 

[truthseeker2010]

4

never mind, going through the thread, i got my answer, its at least 70+ now.

 

[Han Patriot]

never mind, going through the thread, i got my answer, its at least 70+ now.

4 tanker version, the rest is not Y20U

 

[Oom]

I hope we acquire them to replace Il-78 for heavy lift