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Scout7id
24th of May 2008 (Sat), 23:15
Can someone identify this aircraft. It looks to me like some weird F-16 / F-18 hybrid. This is not my photo, it is something I came across on pbase.com.
RCoulter
24th of May 2008 (Sat), 23:27
It's a Ching-Kuo (IDF) Indigenous Defence Fighter (http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/ching/)
Scout7id
24th of May 2008 (Sat), 23:37
Thanks for the ident. They are quite the knock-off artists!
PhotosGuy
25th of May 2008 (Sun), 09:47
This is not my photo, If you want to show something that you haven't personally shot, you can just post a link to it. © issues?
IMAGE POSTING RULES (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74718)
Scout7id
25th of May 2008 (Sun), 11:20
Makes sense. Thanks for the advice.
BoySpot
25th of May 2008 (Sun), 19:49
It's not so much of a knock off if you partner with the people who built one of the originals in your design. The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) engineers were involved in the design in a significant way.
Scout7id
26th of May 2008 (Mon), 11:34
It's not so much of a knock off if you partner with the people who built one of the originals in your design. The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) engineers were involved in the design in a significant way.
Thanks for the info BoySpot, that's good to know. BTW, I hope my remark was taken as disparaging to the Chinese. I am always amazed at their prowess for engineering and reverse-engineering.