BERNHARD C.F. KLEIN COLLECTION
No. 7101. Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation F-CK-1 Ching Kuo
(10001 c/n A-1) Republic of China Air Force
Photographed from AIDC via AIN
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11/30/2007. Remarks by Bernhard
C. F. Klein: "In May 1982 the development of the Taiwanese Indigenous
Defense Fighter was started by AIDC, though with assistance of General
Dynamics, Garrett and General Electric. The first prototype (pictured)
was rolled out December 10, 1988 and named "Ching Kuo" (in memory of
former president Chiang Ching-Kuo) and subsequently designated F-CK-1,
(F = Fighter, CK = Ching Kuo, 1 = first domestically developed fighter),
while the first flight was made on May 28, 1989. |
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Created November 30, 2007