Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[cirr]

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[Deino]

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Looks very much like this one from January 2014 albeit much clearer.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Beast]

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This plane is really huge.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Beast]

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Estimate how many Y-20 already in service?

 

[LKJ86]

Estimate how many Y-20 already in service?

 

[Beast]

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So we will see a fleet of Y-20 fly pass Tianamen square next year....

A very good video on development of Y-20.

 

[JSCh]

From weibo. Someone suggested this could be some sort of rain spray test?

 

[LKJ86]

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[Deino]

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To admit I won't be surprised !

 

[Daniel808]

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To admit I won't be surprised !

So this confirmation mean that China already produced at least 22 units of Y-20 Strategic Airlifter until now?

 

[Deino]

So this confirmation mean that China already produced at least 22 units of Y-20 Strategic Airlifter until now?

If it IS a confirmation ... that's the point to debate.

 

[samsara]

Perhaps a safer line of statement could be “China has been producing 20 units” of this transport aircraft so far, giving out few units as the margin of tolerance.

But a more interesting question for me, for this kind of large transport plane, how large the fleet China intend to go in the "foreseeable future" eventually? Let say by 2025 or 2030.

100? 200? 300? Or else? With or without those Y-20 aircraft designated for OTHER functions (not as the pure transport aircraft). But if covering ALL kinds of functions, a number of few hundreds in the next decade or two may be not too far beyond the reach.

Anyone has thought on this matter? Even the rough or very rough ideas, call it a kind of intelligent guesstimate...

 

[Beast]

Perhaps a safer line of statement could be “China has been producing 20 units” of this transport aircraft so far, giving out few units as the margin of tolerance.

But a more interesting question for me, for this kind of large transport plane, how large the fleet China intend to go in the "foreseeable future" eventually? Let say by 2025 or 2030.

100? 200? 300? Or else? With or without those Y-20 aircraft designated for OTHER functions (not as the pure transport aircraft). But if covering ALL kinds of functions, a number of few hundreds in the next decade or two may be not too far beyond the reach.

Anyone has thought on this matter? Even the rough or very rough ideas, call it a kind of intelligent guesstimate...

Even the number not in hundreds but a few dozens like 48 of these Y-20 is enough to give PLAAF a global transport capabilities that rank top 3 in the world. A division can be lifted rapidly. A division is enough for a rapid reaction forces in modern warfare.