J-20 Test-Flies Again

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Mystery jet 'flies' again. Global Times, Apr 19, 2011.
http://military.globaltimes.cn/china/2011-04/645997_2.html

My comment:
(a) Youtube does not have this test flight yet--the one in April. Asahi Shimbun does report on the test flight (titled ステルス機が再び試験飛行＝中国紙; Apr 19), based entirely on Global Times.
(b) The report states, "Earlier this month, citing a report by Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Phoenix Television said the J-18 had completed a test flight at a field base in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region."

The report cites
傳解放軍航母艦載機殲18內蒙古試飛. 鳳凰網, Apr 8, 2011.
http://big5.ifeng.com/gate/big5/phtv.ifeng.com/program/comment/detail_2011_04/08/5621059_0.shtml

Just now I searched Asahi.com and the Web but failed to find the article in English or Japanese. So far, neither VOA nor BBC has reported on it, or J-20's taxi or test flight this month.

(c) Asahi website does contain

中国軍次世代ステルス戦闘機が滑走テスト. Asahi, Apr 15, 2011
http://www.asahi.com/international/update/0415/TKY201104150452.html
(According to 天府早報, J-20 taxied at an airstrip of 成都航空機工業集団 on Apr 12).

* There IS a video clip for that:
J-20 high speed testing, April 2011. Uploaded by alert5 on Apr 14, 2011  
http://military.globaltimes.cn/china/2011-04/645997_2.html
("J-20 is out in the open again after three months doing high speed runs at Huang Tian Ba airport, Chengdu")

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