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This plane bears a strong superficial resemblance to the BAE Hawk - is it a license-built copy? (Mmartins 02:03, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC))

A copy, yes. Licence-built, no. Impi 17:24, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I should probably clarify. While the Hawk was evidently a baseline from which the Hongdu designers began, it's wrong to say that the JL-8 is a direct copy of the Hawk. More like it's what the Hawk would have been had it decided to remain cheap and simple instead of becoming the advanced Lead-In Fighter Trainer it is today. — Imp i 10:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why JL-8 is a copy of Hawk? Could you give any evidence? JL-8 is more like a revive of Shenyang JJ-1 which was cancelled in 1958, since Hongdu had a close tie to Shenyang in 1950s-1960s. German wiki has a picture of JJ-1 [1]. Sinolonghai 22:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

L-11

Shouldn't this article mention the L-11 variant of the JL-8? The L-11 is the latest Chinese production variant of JL-8 that serves alongside the JL-8. The difference is the use of the WS-11 (a copy of the Motorsich AI-25TLK) which is more powerful than the TFE731-2A. Semi-Lobster (talk) 02:59, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tone and sources

This article needs to be drastically rewritten, it reads like a company brochure and does not follow any sort of Wikipedia format for aircraft. Perhaps in the future I will rewrite it. Semi-Lobster (talk) 02:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Colors of distribution map

Why are the colors of Chinese/Russian aircraft marked in red in the map? I see US-made aircraft articles marked in blue. Politics gets involved even when drawing a map?