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China-made large amphibious aircraft to enter high-speed test on water
Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-17 23:23:29|Editor: Yang Yi
GUANGZHOU, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft, the AG600, has completed taxiing at low and intermediate speed on the water and will conduct high-speed tests soon.
The AG600, codenamed "Kunlong", successfully finished eight taxiing tests on water at a speed of 80 km per hour and 120 km per hour, totaling 552 minutes in the city of Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province from Sept. 2 to 13, according to China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. Ltd.
The aircraft has passed a series of tests since its maiden flight last December. The company said that the aircraft will enter high-speed taxiing tests on the water, targeting a speed of 145 km per hour. Designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the AG600 is powered by four domestically built turboprop engines and has a range of 12 hours. It will be mainly used for maritime rescue, fighting forest fires and marine monitoring.
Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-17 23:23:29|Editor: Yang Yi
GUANGZHOU, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft, the AG600, has completed taxiing at low and intermediate speed on the water and will conduct high-speed tests soon.
The AG600, codenamed "Kunlong", successfully finished eight taxiing tests on water at a speed of 80 km per hour and 120 km per hour, totaling 552 minutes in the city of Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province from Sept. 2 to 13, according to China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. Ltd.
The aircraft has passed a series of tests since its maiden flight last December. The company said that the aircraft will enter high-speed taxiing tests on the water, targeting a speed of 145 km per hour. Designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the AG600 is powered by four domestically built turboprop engines and has a range of 12 hours. It will be mainly used for maritime rescue, fighting forest fires and marine monitoring.
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China's independently-developed amphibious aircraft, the AG600, completed its first taxiing at high speed on water. Designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the AG600 will be mainly used for maritime rescue, fighting forest fires and marine transportation.
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AG-600 is the 2nd amphibious aircraft designed and built in China. The first amphibious aircraft is SH-5 which was built for PLA Navy during 1980s. Unlike military exclusive SH-5, AG-600 is civilian aircraft and is aimed for broader customer base.
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It may not be really an issue of false or true, it may be merely a matter of the officialdom!
Tweeted by Dafeng Cao on 7:25 PM 15 Oct 2018 AFTER the tweet of Henri Kenhmann (East Pendulum) who accused it's a false news:
“Seems the flight did take place already as a rehearsal, a formal one with live reporting from the scene is still in preparation.”
And here's the Henri Kenhmann's tweet one day earlier on 12:16 PM 14 Oct 2018... translated into English
“The CEO of the Chinese manufacturer AVIC arrived on 13 October near Wuhan to assist in the preparation of the first flight on the water of the AG600 amphibious aircraft, while there had been amateur information that the aircraft had already taken off on the water, which was false.”
Tweeted by Dafeng Cao on 7:25 PM 15 Oct 2018 AFTER the tweet of Henri Kenhmann (East Pendulum) who accused it's a false news:
“Seems the flight did take place already as a rehearsal, a formal one with live reporting from the scene is still in preparation.”
And here's the Henri Kenhmann's tweet one day earlier on 12:16 PM 14 Oct 2018... translated into English
“The CEO of the Chinese manufacturer AVIC arrived on 13 October near Wuhan to assist in the preparation of the first flight on the water of the AG600 amphibious aircraft, while there had been amateur information that the aircraft had already taken off on the water, which was false.”
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