Aircraft Photo of 4114 | Tupolev Tu-4 (KJ-1) | China - Air Force | AirHistory.net #443248
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:4114
Aircraft Original Type:Tupolev Tu-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Tupolev Tu-4
Aircraft Version:Tupolev Tu-4 (KJ-1)
C/n (msn):2806501
Operator Titles:China - Air Force
Location
City / Area:Datangshan / China Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:China
Collection:China Aviation Museum (Datangshan)
 
Photo Date:20 November 1991
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 443248
Photo Comment

Based on the Tupolev Tu-4 airframe, in 1967 China developed an AWACS platform to try and enable them to monitor US Atomic tests in the Pacific. Powered by four Ivchenko AI-20K turboprop engines, the project was named KJ-1 and had a Type 843 rotordome pylon mounted above the fuselage. Trials were unsuccessful as the equipment was too heavy and failed to meet PLAAF requirements, the project was cancelled in 1971.

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