Tuesday, February 1, 2011

China’s Chengdu J-20 Stealth Fighter Aircraft


Photos of the Chengdu J-20 "Black Eagle" - a fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft prototype developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group for the Chinese People's LiberationArmy Air Force.China's radar evading stealth fighter made its first-known test flight Tuesday, January 11th, 2011.

Chinese aviation experts say they have been snapping pictures of the aircraft since it took to taxi tests ahead of its first flight test in the coming weeks.
The photos show the J-20 with a canard-delta twin-engine configuration, diverter-less supersonic intakes and a shaped nose that is consistent with the use of active electronically scanned array radar... click on thumbnails below for full size pictures.
The J-20 Picture gallery below also has photos from stealth aircraft's first test flight.

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