This nice parachuting platform of the 15th Airborne Army in standard PLAAF camouflage was part of the static display. In 2016 Y12Ds started replacing the venerable Y5 with this unit, based at Xiaogan. They were certainly taking no chances with the tie-downs!

Another example of the strange all-alpha registration presentation. Many of the other general aviation aircraft on show had part alpha/part numeric registrations.

With a strange alpha-only registration, this is the latest development of the Y-12 series with wider fuselage, swept tail, new wings, retractable landing gear and more powerful engines. This demonstrator version has been named 'Aircar'. The type gained FAA certification in early 2016.

About to depart from runway 13 this Chinese built Harbin Y12 was ferrying from China on delivery to a South American country.

One of nine of this Chinese workhorse delivered to Sri Lanka in 1986, of which two were lost in 1997 during their service with 8 Sqn, which has also made them available to Helitours. Four more were on order. Soon after this, re-serialling in the SCL-32** range was carried out

This exotic machine was one of a pair of Y12s seen at Pokhara, performing services to Jomson in Nepal's Mustang kingdom, at 8,800ft known as one of the most dangerous airports in the world and therefore a flight-sim favourite. First served Aero Bengal as S2-AAR from 1998, moving to Nepal in 05.07 but since became B-3842 with China Flying Dragon Aviation. Has "Made in China" embossed proudly across the control yoke!

Difficult to shoot at the military section of the capital's airport, this is one of a pair of these Chinese-built light transports delivered on 8.9.94