As I was in Beijing anyway I could resist paying the large museum at Datangshan another visit. Besides the village of Xiaotangshan on the outskirts of Beijing, this museum houses a large amount of interesting aircraft. Here a small impression of my visit on a cold 4th of January.
1. entry at the China Aviation Museum
2. Yakovlev Yak-17U
3. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF
4. Harbin HR5 in the tunnel of Datangshan
5. the J7I
6. nice line up of a Q5 and two J8's
7. Antonov An-12
8. nice preserved Tupolev Tu-124V
9. first prototype of the J10A
10. overview of the exhibition hall with among then a Q5, J8II, JH7 and H6
11. Harbin SH5. These flying boats are still active in the port of Qingdao
12. Beriev Be-6P Qingliu