Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[ynhnwn]

I really dig that black paint job they got going.

 

[艹艹艹]

https://weibo.com/tv/v/GECcmfMuW?fid=1034:4296798723108252

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

Most interesting theory found: via Huitong/jetfight2000
https://www.weibo.com/u/5596911390?refer_flag=1001030101_&is_hot=1






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Nice photo

 

[Deino]

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1077410113961558016

 

[UKBengali]

Whatever happened to the WS-20 indigenous turbofan?
It has been flying on a testbed since 2014.

 

[Beast]

Whatever happened to the WS-20 indigenous turbofan?
It has been flying on a testbed since 2014.

WS-20 will not deploy for Y-20 until the enlarged version. Current WS-18G thrust is enough to satisfy PLAAF need.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Figaro]

Whatever happened to the WS-20 indigenous turbofan?
It has been flying on a testbed since 2014.

This year ... this year

 

[LKJ86]

A new one to be handed over to PLAAF

 

[LKJ86]

 

[samsara]

Y-20, The 6th Anniversary

The Y-20 program celebrates its 6th Anniversary on Saturday, 26 January 2019. The Chinese military transport aircraft carried out its maiden flight on 26 January 2013. Today more than twenty of these aircraft have been delivered from the factory near Xi'an, Shaanxi.

The tweet from Henri Kenhmann, East Pendulum:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1088823357905104896

 

[Han Patriot]

Y-20, The 6th Anniversary

The Y-20 program celebrates its 6th Anniversary on Saturday, 26 January 2019. The Chinese military transport aircraft carried out its maiden flight on 26 January 2013. Today more than twenty of these aircraft have been delivered from the factory near Xi'an, Shaanxi.

The tweet from Henri Kenhmann, East Pendulum:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1088823357905104896

20th? Wow that's a lot but not enough. If we get the engines rolling...we can churn them out like pancakes.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[lcloo]

January 2019 satellite photo.