FC-1 Two-Seater For Combat And Training, Maker Says

Credit: FC-1 two-seat prototype: Avic
BEIJING—The two-seat version of the Avic Chengdu FC-1 export fighter is a combat aircraft as well as a trainer, the state manufacturer says following the first flight. Heavy redesign of the tail has been necessary to create the two-seater, presumably because, as Avic says, no such version was...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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