Although China's indigenous J-10 multirole fighter was officially unveiled in 2006, it still deserved a new aircraft at the National Day parade.

As a third-generation fighter in the world, the single-seated J-10 reserves many independent intellectual property rights for its Chinese developers and manufacturers especially for its high-agility aerodynamic layout with its delta wings and a pair of canards.

So far there have been no crashing accidents reported about theJ-10 fighters since its official debut, a safety record high enough that Chinese scientists and engineers to make themselves proud of.

"The J-10 has an outstanding flight control system," said Xu Yongling, one of the test pilot of the aircraft before it became standard equipment of the Air Force.

"When China held the parade ten years ago, the J-10 just finished its maiden flight and still in experimental operations," Xu said.

J-10 and another indigenous military aircraft fighter-bomber Flying Leopard have become the backbones of the PLA's air defense power, replacing the second-generation fighter jets appeared in the previous parade fighter J-7 and fighter-bomber Q-5.

(Xinhua News Agency October 1, 2009)