Nanchang Q-5

what is it?

The Nanchang Q-5 (Chinese: 强-5; pinyin: Qiang-5; NATO reporting name: Fantan), also known as the A-5 in its export versions, is a 1960s-design Chinese-built single-seat, twin jet engine ground-attack aircraft based on the Shenyang J-6. The aircraft is primarily used for close air support.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 9.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,190 km/htop speed
• range 2,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 11.8 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,300made 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 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🏎️Top speed is 9.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.9× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1965-06-04

introduced

1970

retired

2011

status

still flying

number built

1,300

role

ground-attack aircraft

origin

🇨🇳 People's Republic of China

makers

Hongdu

engines

2× Liming Wopen-6A / WP-6

crew

1

length

15.7 m

wingspan

9.7 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

11.8 t

top speed

1,190 km/h

range

2,000 km

ceiling

16,500 m

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

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