On 16 Aug 2018 06:39:03 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
A handsome aircraft. Visually, it seems somewhat derivative of the
MiG-23 (minus swing wings and a few other things) but if used
primarily in an anti-shipping role (a.k.a. carrier killer) I suspect
it would be formidable.
From the Wikipedia narrative, the PRC pilots do seem to have a lot of
courage and skill, if not much common sense.
"On 19 August 1992, the entire rudder of a JH-7 suddenly fell off at
an altitude of 5000 meters, while carrying four live missiles. Against
orders to jettison the missiles and abandon the aircraft, the test
pilot decided to attempt an emergency landing. Using mainly
differential thrust of the two engines, the test pilot Huang Bingxin
made it back to the airport and attempted to make an emergency
landing, but a tire at the starboard side exploded on touch down,
causing the aircraft to veer off course. Using brakes as control, the
test pilot made two attempts before finally releasing the drogue
parachute to finally stop safely."
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