Photos of the day: Known J-15 Air Frames

While Mom is away on a sea trial scientific exploration, We still need to check in and see how the kids are doing from time to time.

Photos of the four known per-production J-15 air frames

J-15 With tailhook

Hopefully this is not a PS'd job.........

Thanks chenium for the photo

You can also watch a J-15 test flight video (here)

And a bonus video of the PLA performing Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' (here)

The flying J-15.

It is still sporting two AL-31F after-burning turbofan engines....I wonder if NPO Saturn received any advanced notice of this adoption.

Cup holders and Accessories

You know this is how car dealers make money, right?    Don't ever let a car salesman pressure you into buying these overpriced, high-margin, cup holders!

In addition to engines and avionics, China now offers complete accessory packages for its J-11 family of heavy fighters.

J-15 prototype spotted

A prototype of J-15 with arresting hook retracted beneath the redesigned tail cone has been spotted at Shanyang Aircraft Company (Here). With all the attention paid to the Naval Aviation building up recently, it might not be a coincidence that the PLAN is not building any more destroyers. They just don't have a bottomless funding as others have suggested.







Su-33 photo at similar angle for comparison: