November 19 2010
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has just shown off its new L-7 trainer for the first time at the Zhuhai air show, reports Aviation Week & Space Technology.
The piston-engine training aircraft, a Chinese version of the Russian Yak-152 basic trainer, is scheduled to make its first flight next month.
The L-7 will initially fly with a Romanian engine, although the military plans to have an indigenously developed engine, the 400-hp HS-6, ready for the second...
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