A small teaser for all Chinese aviation enthusiasts !

[Deino]

I know I have been quite “arduously” for some of You because of my endless questions on Chinese military aviation topics, but finally here’s the result.   

Once initiated by Tony Buttler for an article regarding “Chinese Secret Projects” – THANKs for that ! – it now became a German two-part version at first.

These two articles are to be published in the German "Flieger Revue" related to the development of the Chinese military aviation and its industry.

The first part of that will - hopefully, as I'm currently just editing the final version - be published in the Summer-issue on 8. June 2007 and includes the build-up after the foundation of the PRC until the mid/late 1970s with the history of the J-6 family, the early Q-5 and J-7 versions, the J-8I and J-9 programme for the fighters and the H-5, H-6 developments as the bomber projects H-6I, H-8I and H-8II (albeit very speculative !)

Part two - hopefully in September 2007 - then will continue with the J-7-family, the J-8I and J-8II, the haevy J-10 fighter, the light-weight projects J-11 and J-12 until the latest projects from the 80s (J-13 ... to Su-27, J-10 and FC-1) with an outlook to the XXJ. For the mud-movers it will include the JH-7 and Q-6 projects.

A similar version in English is still planed later to be published together with Tony Buttler in the "Air Enthusiast".

And maybe as a special  … the artist for the side profiles is quite well known here !!  So stay tuned.

Cheers, Deino   

[Woody]

Part two - hopefully in September 2007 - then will continue with the J-7-family, the J-8I and J-8II, the haevy J-10 fighter, the light-weight projects J-11 and J-12 until the latest projects from the 80s (J-13 ... to Su-27, J-10 and FC-1) with an outlook to the XXJ. For the mud-movers it will include the JH-7 and Q-6 projects.

Will love to see your take on the XXJ (if that's a fighter). I think that's what we been pondering on in the AFTI thread. And how it would rate against a certain American fighter. We you be putting it on the site or how else can I get it from here in Japan?

PS: love the yellow Super Badger.

Cheers, Woody

[elmayerle]

So how may I acquire these issues in the US?

[Deino]

So how may I acquire these issues in the US?

Hmmm ... as far as I know the Flieger Revue is usually only available in Germany - maybe Europe - ... but I will ask the publisher/editor !   ... and if nothing works, I can help You !

Thanks for Your interest.

Deino 

[Sentinel Chicken]

Hmmmm....that work looks familiar to me!

[Deino]

Hmmmm....that work looks familiar to me!

Yes ... and esp. the Teaser 2 looks very similar to this one !

Cheers, Deino 

[Sundog]

I'll definitely have to pick up that issue somewhere, but if it is going to appear in Air Enthusiast, I know I can get that, although right when your article is in it is probably when Borders would decide to stop carrying it.

Great art work Sentinel Chicken!

[Sentinel Chicken]

Thanks, Sundog!

The evolution of the illustrations was a lot of fun. I'd start out with something basic and send a preview to Andreas. He'd write back with some ideas and critiques and then I'd go incorporate his suggestions in the illustration. We'd go back and forth like this for weeks at a time eventually getting to a point where the details could be added and all we were doing was putting in little tweaks here and there to get the right feel.

He has been very generous in sharing his source material with me to create the illustrations which for myself has been a learning experience to understand these interesting designs. Sometimes we found we were on the same page in conceptualizing a particular part of the aircraft. I'm actually surprised at how close we came to approximating the latest set of CGI images of the J-9.

[boxkite]

FLIEGERREVUE 06/2007 with the superb J-10 article is out now! Deino, you've done an excellent job. Hope to see the other types in one of the next issues.

[Deino]

FLIEGERREVUE 06/2007 with the superb J-10 article is out now! Deino, you've done an excellent job. Hope to see the other types in one of the next issues.

Thanks a lot for Your kind words !!! ... but I think the best job and biggest contribution is JP's artwork !

Regarding the first part on the Chinese aviation history and it's projects ... I'm just doing the last and final add-ons, some last-minute picture changes ... and it will be ready for print on Friday !

Hope You like it.

Cheers, Deino

[Deino]

... part 1 is out on Friday ... and here's the preview for part 2 due out in September !

[Sentinel Chicken]

Hey that Nanchang Q-6 profile looks suspiciously FAMILIAR!!:D

[Deino]

Hey that Nanchang Q-6 profile looks suspiciously FAMILIAR!!:D

Are You sure !!!!

Hi JP, ... I think I'm juest going MAD as both editors are once again "online" with their wishes !!
Hope You could help ... otherwise I'm just finishing the "wishing-list" for this second part, which need to be ready at the mid August !

Just thinking about the SAC J-10 + J-11 + J-13, Nanchang Q-6 + J-12 and finally the Xian JH-7 side-by-side ... and if possible one of the concepts from Chengdu like the J-7CP and maybe MF ... + a scetch of both XXJ proposals !

I think You gonna hate me ! 

Cheers + THANKs a lot, Deino

[pometablava]

... part 1 is out on Friday ... and here's the preview for part 2 due out in September !

Any details about when are going to be published in English?

[Deino]

... part 1 is out on Friday ... and here's the preview for part 2 due out in September !

Any details about when are going to be published in English?

Not sure yet ... following our current plan I should be ready with the last revisions by next week (already two weeks behind )  and then Tony will put everything together for the AIR Enthusiast ... if everything goes well then about one year later ! = summer 2008 !

CHeers, Deino