Harbin H-5 (Ilyushin Il-28) jet bomber
The Ilyushin Il-28 was a nuclear-capable jet bomber aircraft of the immediate post-WWII period originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force. It was the USSR's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. The original engines were derived from the British Nene design sold to the Russians in 1946!
It was also licence-built in China as the Harbin H-5. Total production in the USSR was 6,316 aircraft, and over 319 H-5s were built. Only 187 examples of the HJ-5 training variant were manufactured.
This particular example was seen in 1984 on final approach to an airfield near Guilin, China, whilst I was taking a tour of a local park.
This is from a high-resolution scan of a negative that has subsequently been heavily cropped. Still not a great photo, but an unusual aircraft for me.
Harbin H-5 (Ilyushin Il-28) jet bomber
The Ilyushin Il-28 was a nuclear-capable jet bomber aircraft of the immediate post-WWII period originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force. It was the USSR's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. The original engines were derived from the British Nene design sold to the Russians in 1946!
It was also licence-built in China as the Harbin H-5. Total production in the USSR was 6,316 aircraft, and over 319 H-5s were built. Only 187 examples of the HJ-5 training variant were manufactured.
This particular example was seen in 1984 on final approach to an airfield near Guilin, China, whilst I was taking a tour of a local park.
This is from a high-resolution scan of a negative that has subsequently been heavily cropped. Still not a great photo, but an unusual aircraft for me.