Template:Did you know nominations/Yu Zhenwu
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:13, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
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Yu Zhenwu
- ... that Yu Zhenwu conducted the maiden flight of China's first indigenously designed jet aircraft, and decades later, became Commander of the Chinese Air Force? Source: China's Air Force Enters the 21st Century p. 85: "Yu Zhenwu ... became the PLA commander in November 1994, ... he conducted the first flight of China's indigenously developed ... trainer in July 1958", "The Shenyang Aircraft Design Department chose the JJ-1, a subsonic jet fighter-trainer, as the first aircraft to develop" ... "Pilot Yu Zhenwu flew the JJ-1 for its first time on July 26, 1958.". Chinese sources also mention that the JJ-1 trainer was China's first indigenously designed jet aircraft.
- Reviewed: Celia Harvey
Created by Zanhe (talk). Self-nominated at 06:53, 27 September 2019 (UTC).
- @Zanhe:Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is is vaguely interesting and sourced (but is globalsecurity a reliable source?). AGFing on the other sources in the article. QPQ seems fine. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:11, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: Thanks for your review. I'm aware of debates about the reliability of Globalsecurity, and I don't think there has been a consensus. Bob Woodward seems to find it reliable, and so do I. Most of its articles about the Chinese military that I've read are accurately translated and compiled from Chinese government or media sources. In any case, I'm including Globalsecurity simply to aid the readers, as it's one of the few sources in English which cover the topic. I could easily remove it as the facts are already covered in multiple Chinese sources. -Zanhe (talk) 23:49, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
OK, then. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:26, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: Thanks for your review. I'm aware of debates about the reliability of Globalsecurity, and I don't think there has been a consensus. Bob Woodward seems to find it reliable, and so do I. Most of its articles about the Chinese military that I've read are accurately translated and compiled from Chinese government or media sources. In any case, I'm including Globalsecurity simply to aid the readers, as it's one of the few sources in English which cover the topic. I could easily remove it as the facts are already covered in multiple Chinese sources. -Zanhe (talk) 23:49, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
