Guizhou JL-9 FTC-2000 Mountain Eagle

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Single turbojet advanced military trainer. Includes new variant FTC-2000G multirole combat aircraft.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbojet

Application

Trainer

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Swept

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Tail

Conventional

Certification

Military

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Guizhou JL-9 FTC-2000 Mountain Eagle	2000 / 2003		Two-seat supersonic trainer; includes baseline (and export) variant: FTC-2000, PLAAF variant: JL-9, and upgraded variants: JL-9G and FTC-2000G.

Airframer

China National Guizhou Aviation Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.

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