Taiwan’s indigenous advanced jet trainer nicknamed blue magpie Posted on April 26, 2016April 26, 2016 by alert5 AIDC has given the nickname, blue magpie, to its XT-5 advanced jet trainer concept. The bird lives in the mountains of Taiwan and is very defensive of its nest, thus AIDC considered it as an appropriate name for the jet. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Taiwan seeks new jet trainer Taiwan’s incoming government wants indigenous jet trainer China’s first woman President visits AIDC AIDC shows off advanced jet trainer concepts AIDC working on twin-engine jet trainer AIDC to develop jet trainer using IDF as base