page_title: Lu Xiaopeng
section_title: Early PRC and the Shenyang JJ-1
hierarchical_section_title: Lu Xiaopeng / Early PRC and the Shenyang JJ-1
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Shenyang JJ-1 im Luftfahrtmuseum Datang Shan nördlich von Beijing.
context_page_description: Lu Xiaopeng was a Chinese aircraft designer who spent most of his career at Hongdu Aviation. He was the chief designer of the Nanchang Q-5 supersonic attack aircraft, one of the most widely deployed aircraft of the PLA Air Force. He also designed the Nanchang J-12, the world's lightest supersonic fighter, which however never entered service. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
context_section_description: In August 1949, just before the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Lu returned to China via Hong Kong to work for the new  government. From 1949 to 1951, Lu worked on constructing airports in the East China Military Region. After the Korean War broke out, Lu was transferred to Beijing Nanyuan Airport to service military and transport aircraft in support of the war effort.
  In 1956, he was transferred to the aircraft design office of Shenyang Aircraft Factory (112 Factory), working under director Xu Shunshou. He was one of the main designers of the Shenyang JJ-1 trainer, the first jet aircraft designed in China. Besides Xu Shushou and deputy director Huang Zhiqian, Lu was the only person in the development team who had had aircraft design experience. The project began in October 1956, and the plane took its maiden flight less than two years later, on 26 July 1958. The development cycle was less than half that of similar planes designed in Japan and Czechoslovakia and the performance was superior.
caption: A Shenyang JJ-1 jet trainer
exif: {}