Xian Y-20A CHINESE AIR FORCE - TAKE OFF in INNSBRUCK

Xian Y-20A Kunpeng -20240 of People's Liberation Army Air Force - TAKE OFF at Innsbruck on February 20th 2023 to transport members of the Chinese team of "EDELWEISS-RAID" in the higher Austrian mountains from March 1st until 2nd.

Xian Y-20 (Chinese 運-20 / 运-20, Pinyin Yùn-20 - "Transporter-20"), codename Kunpeng (鲲鹏, Kūnpéng), refers to a military transporter designed by Xi'an Aircraft primarily for the Air Force of the People's Republic China (PLAAF) was developed. In the Chinese aviation industry, the transporter is colloquially referred to as the Chubby Girl (胖妞, pàngniū - "fat girl") due to the wide fuselage and the homophony between the characters between "Péng" (鹏) and "Pàng" (胖).

The official first flight took place on January 26, 2013. The machine was first presented to the general public at the "Zhuhai Air Show" - 珠海航展 Zhūhǎi Hángzhǎn, English Zhuhai Air Show - in November 2014. It is a high-wing aircraft with a T-tail. Four Solovyov D-30KP-2 turbofan engines are mounted under the wings. To date, eight prototypes have been manufactured, five prototypes with CFTE registration numbers 781, 783, 785, 788 and 789 have been confirmed on the fly.
The heavy long-haul transport aircraft should be able to be used in all weather conditions for military operations, disaster relief and humanitarian aid. The maximum take-off weight is said to be 200 tons and the maximum payload is 60 tons.
On June 17, 2016, the PLAAF officially commissioned the first two Y-20s, registration numbers 11051 and 11052, with the 12th Regiment, 4th Transport Division in Chengdu, Qionglai.[2] The ceremonial handover of the first batch of transport aircraft to the Air Force (PLAAF) took place on July 6, 2016 in Chengdu. The production costs per machine were estimated at 250 million US dollars
In addition, the Yun-20's electronic equipment has also been greatly improved over the Il-76: a forward-facing infrared probe is located above the nose radome, which can be used in conjunction with the diffractive head-up display The Yun-20's cockpit 20 press the side stick interface, but the current avionics can greatly reduce pilot fatigue


运-20（中国编号：Y-20，代号 ：鲲鹏，英文：Xian Y-20），是中国研究制造的新一代军用大型运输机，于2013年1月26日首飞成功 。
该机作为大型多用途运输机，可在复杂气象条件下，执行各种物资和人员的长距离航空运输任务。与中国空军现役伊尔-76比较，运-20的发动机和电子设备有了很大改进，载重量也有提高，短跑道起降性能优异。
运-20飞机研发参考俄罗斯伊尔-76的气动外形和结构设计，融合美国C-17的部分特点。运-20采用常规布局，悬臂式上单翼、前缘后掠、无翼梢小翼 ，拥有高延伸性、高可靠性和安全性。运-20作为大型多用途运输机，可在复杂气象条件下，执行各种物资和人员的长距离航空运输任务。
2017年11月10日，空军发言人表示，歼-20 、运-20列装部队后，已经开展编队训练。