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CJ6
Nanchang CJ-6
The Red Star
“A Chinese military trainer that became the West's favorite cheap warbird.”
Nanchang · private
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China's primary training aircraft from the 1960s to the 1990s — radial engine, tandem cockpit, the looks of a Yak with a beard. Hundreds were imported into the U.S. as surplus, becoming weekend toys for pilots who wanted real warbird character without P-51 prices.
Fun fact
A flying CJ-6 in the U.S. typically sells for less than a new Cessna 172 — making it one of the most affordable warbirds you can actually buy.
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Red Star from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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