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The first C919 commercial flight departed from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport on 28 May 2023 C919 flight demonstration over Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. The C919 aircraft delivered to China Eastern Airlines continued flying short test flights for most of January 2023, with a break from 20 to 28 January for the Lunar New Year celebrations.
On 26 December 2024, an aircraft believed to be a J-36 was spotted allegedly conducting test flights in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Since the aircraft's serial number (36011) begins with '36,' following the People's Liberation Army Air Force convention, this model was presumably designated as J-36, but further information is limited.
The third aircraft (serial number 103) similarly completed its first test flight on 12 September 2009. [9] The fourth aircraft (CN 104) flew by November 2010. By August 2011, static, flutter and crosswind flight tests had been completed. [10] The ARJ21 is a small jet aircraft that looks similar to the McDonnell Douglas MD-80. [11]
Y-5B – agricultural aircraft, equivalent to the An-2 SKh. Y-5B-100 – Y-5B aircraft fitted with triple tipsails on the upper wing tips, which reputedly gave 20% higher climb rate and improved L/D ratio by 15%. Y-5B(T) – A para-dropping version developed for the PLAAF, with up-dated avionics including a GPS.
The new Chinese aircraft are not the first modern tailless designs. The Northrop Grumman B-2 and B-21 stealth bombers are both flying wings, and several uncrewed aircraft, such as the Lockheed ...
In June 2012, Russia and China entered talks to set up a joint venture between UAC and Comac to develop a successor to the Il-96. Development was expected to take at least seven years and cost $7–12 billion, with a production target of several hundred aircraft. Russia would contribute its knowledge and China would provide the resources. [3]
The Comac C939 is a planned long-range wide-body twinjet airliner family being developed by Chinese Comac as a competitor to the Boeing 777 and Airbus A350. [1] It is designed to be larger than the other two models in its domestically produced aircraft line: the Comac C919 and Comac C929.
China's new Type 055 cruiser is its most modern and powerful surface combatant. ... aircraft carriers, and more. The keel of the first Type 055, Nanchang, was laid in December 2014, just three ...