China Civil Aviation, AVIC (MA600) & COMAC (ARJ21/C919/C929)

[Nilgiri]

From the successive Weibo link #2 posted by @LKJ86:

“At 11:07 today, the third domestic large passenger plane, C919, took off smoothly at Shanghai Pudong International Airport and began its first flight. The entire flight is expected to take 90 minutes, and the plane will fly 15,000 feet above the ground, about 4,500 meters high. At present, the aircraft is in good flight condition and has arrived in the test airspace to carry out specific flight test subjects.”

Thats great, cant wait to finally fly in one!

 

[LKJ86]

 

[samsara]

Belated news yet I see no one posted it here

Here's the tweet of the COMAC America Corp.:

At the 2018 China Industrial Design Exhibition in Wuhan, #COMAC was the pride of Shanghai as it brought home one of 10 gold medals for excellent industrial design for the #C919 cockpit. The event celebrated the best designs in a variety of industrial sectors from across China! (2018-11-28)

Btw, it is an annual event held for the second time, the inaugural one was also held in Wuhan in the 2017.

Note: I just noted that the total order of C919 pocketed by COMAC has reached 1,008 units as of June 2018 with the HNA's huge order at that time.

I just finished recapping my translation works into a local language and summarizing the latest updates of C919 development in the closing of the 2018 in a terse yet readable and informative about the C919 known progress at this point of time, for passing along using the other kind of medium :-}

I'll say that C919 is having cool progresses and right on track!! JIA You 加油！

https://twitter.com/x/status/1067512801738911744

 

[Cookie Monster]

Thats great, cant wait to finally fly in one!

I can't wait for this to be mass produced(for China's domestic needs and exports). It will break up the Boeing/AirBus duopoly and make domestic travel much cheaper.

 

[Nilgiri]

I can't wait for this to be mass produced(for China's domestic needs and exports). It will break up the Boeing/AirBus duopoly and make domestic travel much cheaper.

They have political patronage that Bombardier never got from Canada....so I agree...even if the duopoly isn't broken, it will at least be serious alternative.

 

[LKJ86]

The 10th ARJ21 is handed over to Chengdu Airlines on December 29, 2018.

 

[Paul2]

ARJ-21 production is too slow. They need to buck up. Until now only 5 in service. That is pathetic.

The fuselage is made by Xian, they are infamous for being a 20000 man strong company with abysmal production rates. My opinion, Xian aircraft corporation should be dissolved. Fuselage production made a separate, streamlined company, and maintenance of military craft given back to the state. The MA700 initiative, and their civilian piston engine aircraft, and everything else should be also made a separate entity.

 

[Deino]

The fuselage is made by Xian, they are infamous for being a 20000 man strong company with abysmal production rates. My opinion, Xian aircraft corporation should be dissolved. Fuselage production made a separate, streamlined company, and maintenance of military craft given back to the state. The MA700 initiative, and their civilian piston engine aircraft, and everything else should be also made a separate entity.

Pardon and I'm not sure why You blame XAC for being responsible on the low production rate and as it sounds even responsible alone?

Even more if you look what XAC managed in recent years even with IMO most impressive production rates for the Y-20A and the H-6K/J in parallel to development of the H-20 and KJ-600.

Deino

 

[Paul2]

Pardon and I'm not sure why You blame XAC for being responsible on the low production rate and as it sounds even responsible alone?

Even more if you look what XAC managed in recent years even with IMO most impressive production rates for the Y-20A and the H-6K/J in parallel to development of the H-20 and KJ-600.

Deino

But the fact stand 10 fuselages of arj21 and 20 for MA600 - completely microscopic for a company that size, even if we subtract their defence business from calculations

 

[samsara]

COMAC C919 AC103 maiden flight video by Xinhua via its official twitter account.

Milestone moment: China's third C919 prototype (AC103) passenger jet has completed its maiden flight after landing at a Shanghai Pudong International Airport on 2018-12-28.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1079037596133519360

 

[艹艹艹]

On December 26, the CR929 composite front fuselage full-size cylinder section (15m x 6m) assembly was offline. This is another stage achievement of CR929 project, marking an important step forward in the development of CR929 composite structure.

 

[yusheng]

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Mohrenn]

I don't like COMAC, they seem to be stuck in 2003's China. Xi needs to clean this up.

 

[Deino]

But the fact stand 10 fuselages of arj21 and 20 for MA600 - completely microscopic for a company that size, even if we subtract their defence business from calculations

Given the fact that XAC proved to be abke delivering ore than small numbers of the Y-20 and H-6 did you ever come to the idea that there are other reasons responibke for the low production rate?? Why not any of the other contractors, why in your opinion only XAC?