During my holiday in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan I visited Chengdu Shengliu airport and the local airport of Lijiang.
The day after the earthquake, a PLA IL-76 visited Chengdu airport to pick up aid equipment just when I was waiting to board the KLM A330 back home.
A few days earlier I was on Lijiang airport to board a China Eastern flight to Chengdu. This PLA Mi-17 was hidden in a corner and a better shot than this was just not possible as concrete pillars and plants
obstructed my view.
More (civil aviation) pics to follow.