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

[grey boy 2]

 

[samsara]

The COMAC C919 program will have SIX PROTOTYPES in total
for conducting flight tests and certifications.

https://twitter.com/x/status/859093241244692480

 

[艹艹艹]

 

[samsara]

China's first homemade passenger jet COMAC C919
to make maiden flight on FRIDAY 20170505

https://twitter.com/x/status/859611217278648320

https://twitter.com/x/status/859696746162786305

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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius (551-479 BCE)

 

[SOHEIL]

Good luck ...

 

[JSCh]

 

[grey boy 2]

Can't wait for this extremely big moment, hopefully good weather on the 5th

 

[yusheng]

 

[Makarena]

woah, that is one sleek plane

 

[yusheng]

 

[samsara]

Homemade passenger jet set for 1st flight

By Xinhua, May 3, 2017

In this file photo dated April 27, 2017, China's first domestically-built large passenger jet C919 is being reviewed by
the Civil Aviation Authority of China. China rolls out this jet in a bid to compete with Boeing and Airbus. (Ding Ting / Xinhua)​

China's first domestically produced single-aisle passenger jet, the C919, is expected to take to the sky for its maiden flight on Friday, as the country endeavors to meet soaring domestic travel demand and break the global market duopoly of Boeing Co and Airbus Group SE.

The debut flight is set to take place at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, subject to weather conditions, the C919's Shanghai-based manufacturer, Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, said on Wednesday.

Soon after it was established in 2008, COMAC began the research to develop the twin-engine C919, which would be used for medium-haul flights with 158 to 174 seats. It is expected to compete with the updated Airbus A320 and the new-generation Boeing B737.

China has its own military and regional aircraft manufacturers, and the development of the airplane serves as a key index to assess the country's industrial and technical manufacturing capacity.

"The first flight of the C919 signals that China will be able to make a significant breakthrough for the country's civil aircraft manufacturing industry, and it could have the opportunity to break the monopolies of Boeing and Airbus," said Lin Zhijie, an aviation industry analyst and columnist at Carnoc.com, a large Chinese civil aviation website.

Despite the promising future, Lin said the C919's entry to the market won't occur soon. The date it goes into operation is expected to be between 2020 and 2022.

So far, COMAC has received 570 orders for the C919 from 23 clients, including domestic airlines such as the State-owned Air China, China Southern and China Eastern; and private airlines Hainan Airlines and Sichuan Airlines. China Eastern will be the first to take delivery.

Overseas orders account for about 10 percent of the total, including airlines from Germany and Thailand and others from the Asia Pacific region and Africa.

Boeing earlier predicts that China will need 5,110 new single-aisle airplanes through 2035, accounting for 75 percent of the total delivery for China from global aircraft manufacturers.

"While the program has faced its share of challenges - like any development program of this size - the results speak for themselves," said Steven Lien, president of Honeywell Aerospace Asia Pacific, one of the C919's suppliers.

"The C919 is a sleek, modern and efficient airplane. It is ready to compete on a global scale, heralding China's ambitious plans to grow and develop its domestic air transportation industry with the help of international partners."

COMAC said last week it has started the research to develop a wide-body commercial jet with Russia for delivery within 10 years.

http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2017-05/03/content_15607803.html


P.S. GLAD to see this special thread of COMAC C919 gets promoted to be the STICKY ONE!! Thank You dated 20170504

 

[grey boy 2]

Crew members of C919 1st flight (C919首飞五人机组)
5月5日，C919国产大型客机即将在上海浦东机场进行首飞，到底是谁将驾驶C919的“处女航”？

据解放日报·上观新闻5月3日消息，记者从中国商飞试飞中心了解到，按照目前计划，试飞中心试飞团队的五名试飞员将组成首飞机组，包括1名机长、1名副驾驶、1名观察员与2名工程师。这其中，最引人关注的无疑是作为飞行试验直接执行者和监控者，以及试飞结果和结论最重要裁决者的试飞员。

 

[NirmalKrish]

Has the flight test completed as of yet or is it still yet to progress? if so is there a live stream link anyone has?

All the best to China!

 

[onebyone]

Made-in-China C919 aircraft prepares for maiden flight

 

[samsara]

Crew members of C919 1st flight (C919首飞五人机组)
5月5日，C919国产大型客机即将在上海浦东机场进行首飞，到底是谁将驾驶C919的“处女航”？

据解放日报·上观新闻5月3日消息，记者从中国商飞试飞中心了解到，按照目前计划，试飞中心试飞团队的五名试飞员将组成首飞机组，包括1名机长、1名副驾驶、1名观察员与2名工程师。这其中，最引人关注的无疑是作为飞行试验直接执行者和监控者，以及试飞结果和结论最重要裁决者的试飞员。

Crew of China's First Domestically-produced Passenger
Jet C919 Confident in Maiden Flight - CCTV+ (EngSub)

Test Flight Engineer, Ma Fei: "Pilots are like dancers while we are the choreographers."

Observer of C919, Qian Jin: "Observers are the third eyes for the pilots or, we can say, a firewall for safety."