Third Prototype of China’s Stealth Jet Makes Maiden Flight and Shows Improvements

The third prototype of China’s 5th generation fighter jet made its maiden flight on March 1. 

As already explained, Beijing’s radar-evading plane shows several differences from the first (and second) prototype aircraft, a sign China is improving and developing more in the field of low observability applied to fighter jets.

Use the top image to check on the one below (click for a higher resolution image) some of the differences between J-20 “2001″ (first prototype) and J-20 “2011″.

http://theaviationist.com/2014/03/02/j-20-3rd-prototype-comparison/