The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy) recently announced that the various naval flying and engineering schools in Yantai (Shandong) have been consolidated and elevated to the status of the “China PLA Navy Aviation University” [中国人民解放军海军航空大学]. For a rising power with grand naval ambitions that just launched its second aircraft carrier, the move to consolidate and upgrade its institutions for training naval pilots is not at all surprising. Even putting carrier aviation aside, Chinese aircraft development (both manned and unmanned) has been a veritable beehive of activity in the last decade, producing numerous sleek fighters and attack aircraft, transports, trainers, electronic warfare and early warning aircraft, not to mention a slew of UAVs and helicopters too. Moreover, rumors regarding a long-range bomber, as well as vertical takeoff and perhaps tilt-rotor aviation need to be taken seriously. In combination with China’s bristling conventional missile strike forces, these new air capabilities are slowly but surely altering the military balance in the Asia-Pacific region.
As a Model Airplane Nut, I like the "looks" of the "600" . I think I'm following the thinking. The 600 seems to be the Swiss Army Knife of Airplanes. Passengers, Freight, and, of course, the Military Configurations. It can be outfitted for many roles. One airplane many duties.They cant come up with something groundbreaking themselves... Chinese creativity is spent only on ways of making copies.
So once they run out of ideas what to copy, they regress back to 1950's seaplanes..since they didnt have the technology to copy one back then.
IT A SKILL EVEN TO COPY ADVANCED AIRCRAFT, WELL DONE FROM PAKISTAN.
ONLY FUCKING INDIANS CALL CHINA COPYCAT BUT INDIA HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED TO BUILT A FIGHTER PLANE FOR 30 YEARS YET
