AVIC AG-600 flying boat / amphibious aircraft

[yusheng]

 

[Makarena]

beautiful and sleek

 

[yusheng]

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Congrats!

Looking forward to seeing it land on water.

 

[beijingwalker]

China readies world's largest amphibious aircraft for take-off from water

 

[LKJ86]

2018.4.9

 

[Deino]

2018.4.9
View attachment 466784

??? Static test airframe or already second bird?

 

[beijingwalker]

China To Deliver World's Largest Amphibious Aircraft By 2022: Report
The AG600 can carry 50 people during rescue missions, and can scoop up 12 metric tons of water within 20 seconds for fire fighting trips, according to media.
World | Reuters | Updated: May 14, 2018 09:44 IST

Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) has spent almost eight years developing the aircraft. (Reuters)

China expects to deliver its domestically developed AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft, to customers by 2022, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported late on Sunday citing the plane's manufacturer.

"We are endeavouring to get the airworthiness certification from the civil aviation authorities by 2021, and deliver it to the customers by 2022," Xinhua quoted Huang Lingcai, the plane's chief designer at state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), as saying.

China developed the AG600 as part of a drive to modernise its military, amid a more muscular approach to territorial disputes in places like the South China Sea that has rattled nerves in the Asia-Pacific region and the United States.


It made its maiden flight in China in December. Huang also said the aircraft would make more flights this year, including its first takeoff from water.


AVIC has spent about eight years developing the aircraft, which is roughly the size of a Boeing Co 737 and is designed to carry out marine rescues and battle forest fires. It has a range of up to 4,500 kms (2,800 miles) and is designed to be able to take off and land in two metre (six feet) waves.


Powered by four turboprop engines, the AG600 can carry 50 people during maritime search-and-rescue missions, and can scoop up 12 metric tons of water within 20 seconds for fire fighting trips, according to state media.


In December, state media said that the aircraft had received 17 orders so far from Chinese government departments and Chinese companies.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chi...st-amphibious-aircraft-by-2022-report-1851686

 

[samsara]

China aiming to deliver world's largest amphibious aircraft by 2022 — Xinhua (13 May)

China's first home-grown large amphibious aircraft AG600 is seen flying in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 24, 2017. AG600, code named "Kunlong", completed its maiden flight on Sunday. Designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the AG600 will be mainly used for maritime rescue, fighting forest fires and marine monitoring. The AG600 is the third member of China's "large aircraft family" following the large freighter Y-20 and large passenger aircraft C919, which made maiden flights in 2013 and 2017. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

XI'AN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The China-developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft is expected to be delivered to customers by 2022, says manufacturer the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

"After its successful maiden flight in December last year, we are planning a ferry flight from its research base in Zhuhai to Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province, in July," said chief designer Huang Lingcai.

"Then, it will prepare for its first takeoff from water, scheduled for later this year," said Huang, also chief engineer of the AVIC General Aircraft Research Institute.

Its first takeoff from water will take place at a large reservoir in Jingmen.

Designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the AG600 will be mainly used for maritime rescue, fighting forest fires and marine monitoring, according to state-owned aviation giant AVIC.

Codenamed Kunlong, the AG600 is undergoing test flights in Zhuhai, a coastal city in south China's Guangdong Province.

With a range of up to 4,500 kilometers, it is designed to be capable of takeoff and landing in 2-meter waves.

"We are endeavoring to get the airworthiness certification from the civil aviation authorities by 2021, and deliver it to the customers by 2022," said Huang.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/13/c_137176292.htm

 

[LKJ86]

 

[LKJ86]

Good news!
AG600 will make its maiden flight on water.

 

[Tshering22]

Are you guys planning this for the civilian market? If this can be converted to a civilian variant, it will change the face of seaplane aviation.

 

[lcloo]

Are you guys planning this for the civilian market? If this can be converted to a civilian variant, it will change the face of seaplane aviation.

It is civilian aircraft designed for forest fire fighting, search and rescue, passenger transport to islands etc. It can also be used for military, mainly as a transport and maritime roles but so far there is no talk of military acquisition.

 

[LKJ86]

August 26, 2018

 

[JSCh]

中国航空工业集团有限公司
31分钟前 来自 前后2000万 OPPO R11
【AG600到荆门啦！全面进入水上试验、试飞阶段】8月26日9时43分，航空工业自主研制的“鲲龙”AG600大型灭火/水上救援水陆两栖飞机001架机跨越广东、湖南、湖北空域，顺利从珠海金湾机场转至荆门漳河机场，成功完成转场任务。标志着“大飞机”家族中具备水陆两栖特性的“鲲龙”AG600将开启它的又一全新旅程，全面进入水上试验、试飞阶段。(廖文峰、何东、金桥、张艺 摄）

From AVIC weibo account,
At 9:43 on August 26, AG600 successfully transferred from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport to Jingmen Zhanghe Airport. Which signifies AG600 entering water tests stage.

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