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| New Chinese mystery aircraft.? |
The Chinese mystery aircraft seems to be a Chinese built or assembled Antonov An-124 Ruslan, not so much of a mysterious stranger, but an old friend. Reports discussing this possibility date to as early as 2005.
If one spends some time with the images, they show a large four engine military transport aircraft with wings swept toward the ground, and if one looks at the last image five sets of wheels. You can clearly see the yellow zinc chromate primer. I find it unlikely that Antonov would deliver an aircraft from Ukraine to China in it's chromate underwear.
It is possible, even likely, that Antonov has provided this An-124 to China in kit form. If the Chinese intend to construct An-124's as well as assemble them is unknown.
Lastly, I cannot see them clearly, but the engine intakes appear too small. Although, that could be an artifact of the poor images.
