Chief designer of Chengdu J-10 has passed away Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by alert5 AVIC announced that the chief designer of the Chengdu J-10 fighter has passed away on Mar. 22, four days shy of his next birthday. Just one day before the anniversary of J-10’s maiden flight. He was 86. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Father of Chengdu J-7 fighter passed away Mikhail Simonov, designer of the Su-27, passed away MiG designer Rostislav Belyakov passed away YouTube: Closeup view of Y-20 AIDC AT-3 celebrates 30th anniversary of 1st flight Maiden flight of P.1HH HammerHead UAV announced