China Mini Jet
China Mini Jet The china launched the new model of fighter jet. Well, the Chinese aviation industry sure isn’t wasting any time: From the first of the tarp-covered fuselage being hauled in the first official pictures relesed by Shenyang Aircraft Corp (SAC) in September, China’s second fifth-generation stealth aircraft, the J-31, has now taken its maiden flight. While defense analysts have been busy fretting over Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corp’s (CAC) J-20, first in January 2011, it looks like SAC was not dwindling its thumbs but instead was hard at work developing a second low-signature aircraft. Since the unveiling in September, defense watchers had been holding their breath in anticipation of what would come next. SAC didn’t make them wait for long, with in-flight images of the J-31, which previously had been designated J-21, popping up on defense Internet sites on October 31. Bearing the tail designation “31001,” the aircraft, accompanied by two S...