Download or read book The Varyag Now Receives China's Mach 2.2 Naval Fighters written by David Myhra PhD and published by RCW Technology & Ebook Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-28 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China, on 25 November 2012, announced that its new aircraft carrier CV-16 Liaoning, the former unfinished 57,000 to Soviet Varyag, had successfully experienced its first takeoff and landing. The jet used in this significant event was their new Mach 2.4 capable Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s J-15 “Flying Shark”, powered by twin FWS-10H turbofan jet engines. The photographs in this book are courtesy of China’s Central Television.