Nanchang CJ-6

what is it?

The Nanchang CJ-6 (Chinese: 初教6) is a Chinese basic trainer aircraft designed and built by the Nanchang Aircraft Factory (now Hongdu Aviation) for use by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 300 km/htop speed
• range 700 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,400 kgmax take-off weight
• built 2,000made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 68 years ago, in 1958.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1958

introduced

1960

status

still flying

number built

2,000

role

basic trainer

origin

🇨🇳 People's Republic of China

makers

Hongdu

engines

1× Zhouzhou (SMPMC) HS-6A

crew

2

length

8.5 m

wingspan

10.2 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

1,400 kg

top speed

300 km/h

range

700 km

ceiling

6,250 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.