Shenyang J-6

what is it?

The Shenyang J-6 (Chinese: 歼-6; designated F-6 for export versions; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is the Chinese version of the Soviet MiG-19 'Farmer' fighter.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,540 km/htop speed
• range 1,400 kmwithout refuelling
• size 7,560 kgmax take-off weight
• built 4,500made 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 11.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.2 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,400 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.8× 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

1958-12-17

introduced

1961

retired

2002

status

still flying

number built

4,500

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇨🇳 People's Republic of China

makers

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation

engines

2× Wopen WP-6A / WP-6

crew

1

length

14.6 m

wingspan

9 m

height

3.9 m

max take-off weight

7,560 kg

top speed

1,540 km/h

range

1,400 km

ceiling

15,800 m

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

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