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Comac C919 Nears Roll Out
Jun 15, 2015
Bradley Perrett | ShowNews

Industry officials with good insight into the C919 program think that achieving a 2018 first delivery will be challenging.

Maybe in three months, Comac will show the first C919 narrowbody airliner to the world. Like any manufacturer, the state organization will seek as much publicity as it can from the roll-out – though, unlike others, its main target audience will be government leaders whose backing is needed to sustain the program.

Continued funding is not really in doubt, however. Having come so far, Comac will almost certainly get the C919 into service. What is in doubt is when it will happen.

A year ago, when Comac last stated a target for first delivery of the 158-seat airliner, the date was set as 2018, but by October the state organization was declining to confirm that key detail of the schedule. Industry officials with good insight into the program now think that putting the C919 into service in 2018 will be challenging.

The exact timing is hard to predict, say some. It will depend on progress in building the six flight-test aircraft and then the results of testing. They suggest that 2019 is most likely, while 2020 is possible. “Only when we see the sixth aircraft in the air will we have a good idea of when the first delivery will be,” says one official.

Another points out that that flight-testing itself could reveal problems. “It could take two years, or maybe three or more” from the time the first aircraft flies next year, says one source, noting that Comac’s first aircraft, the ARJ21 regional jet, needed more than six. Another industry official fully expects a first C919 delivery in 2020. It was due in 2016 when the Chinese government launched the program in 2008.

The first flight test aircraft is being assembled at Comac’s new Shanghai factory. In April the structure had progressed well, but reportedly very little equipment had been installed. By August this aircraft should be ready for rolling out, though two industry officials expect the ceremony to be conducted in September. Around the end of the year it is due to be ready for taxi tests, propelled by CFM Leap 1 engines. Though Comac has said it is doing its best to fly the aircraft this year, it clearly will be unable to do so – a date well into 2016 is likely.

The main assemblies of the wing and fuselage for the first C919 were delivered to Comac’s Pudong site in 2014. Deliveries of smaller items have continued this year. The tailcone arrived in February. Unusually, its maker, Aerospace Haying (Zhenjiang) Special Materials Co., belongs not to Avic but to China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., a manufacturer of weapons and solid-propellant space launchers. The fin, made mainly of composite, arrived in February from Avic’s Shenyang works in the same month, followed in April by the forward and aft cargo doors from the group’s Hongdu Aviation at Nanchang.

In January Huaxia Financial Leasing signed a letter of intent for 20 C919s. Though not an order, the deal is included in Comac’s tally of 450 orders, which actually means orders and options. Use of such loose definitions mean that Comac’s order book is not at all comparable with the contract records of Western manufacturers. Like almost all C919 customers, Huaxia Financial Leasing is Chinese. The exception is Gecas, which is owned by CFM partner General Electric.

The ARJ21 was certified in December. Its first operator, Comac subsidiary Chengdu Airlines, should put it into service this year, from which point the carrier help the manufacturer gain experience in supporting a commercial aircraft.

Comac C919 Nears Roll Out | Paris Air Show 2015 content from Aviation Week


Here it states that CFM Leap is indeed going to be used on this aircraft. So what is it really?
 
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China-developed C919 to have 'most powerful brain'
Updated: 2015-04-08 09:45
(ECNS)

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File photo shows technicians installing rivets on fuselage of C919 airliner in the assembly base of the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) in Shanghai, Sept 19, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]


The first prototype of China's homegrown passenger jet, the C919, will be equipped with "the most powerful brain" the world aviation industry has ever seen, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.

Aviage Systems is the supplier of the avionics systems for the C919 and a joint venture between the General Electric and Aviation Industry Corp of China. It announced that it has delivered the avionics system integration testing platform and the first set of products for ground testing to the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, the C919's manufacturer, marking the beginning of software and hardware integration testing for the narrow-bodied airliner.

Alan Jones, the president and CEO of Aviage Systems, said the system for the C919 prototype will be "the most powerful brain" to date. Aviage Systems has provided the C919 with an expandable and easy to configure framework platform, which makes future plane design optimization and performance improvement possible, he added.

The technological platform is similar to that of the Boeing 787 and 777-X, and represents the future of avionics systems, Jones said.

The avionics system is dubbed an aircraft's "brain," as it takes on important tasks such as core data processing, signal transmission and signal function logic conversion. Through the avionics system a pilot processes complicated data, and connects and interacts with flight control systems and other systems to have full control of the plane and fulfill flight missions.

The C919 will make its maiden test flight before the end of the year ( Poster's note: postponed to Q3 next year per reports above), and assembly of the first prototype is progressing well, Chinese media quoted the country's civil aviation authority as saying last month.
 
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From moderator of bbs.9ifly.cn forum,
11月2日,C919举行下线仪式,央视新闻频道全程直播,早八点至晚八点。
2nd Nov, C919 roll out ceremony. CCTV would broadcast live from 9 am to 8 pm.
Edit: correct Oct to Nov.
 
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From moderator of bbs.9ifly.cn forum,
11月2日,C919举行下线仪式,央视新闻频道全程直播,早八点至晚八点。
2nd Oct, C919 roll out ceremony. CCTV would broadcast live from 9 am to 8 pm.


I know enough Chinese to understand that it is 2nd November.
 
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From moderator of bbs.9ifly.cn forum,
11月2日,C919举行下线仪式,央视新闻频道全程直播,早八点至晚八点。
2nd Oct, C919 roll out ceremony. CCTV would broadcast live from 9 am to 8 pm.

now start working on c929

China-developed aircraft C929 aims to replace Boeing 777 in the future
By Huang Jin (People's Daily Online) 13:35, October 26, 2015

As the first China-made large aircraft roll off the production line, plans for the larger C929 to rival the Boeing 777 are well under way.

The China-made large passenger aircraft C919 that made its debut at an exhibition in November 2010 will begin to roll off the production line from Nov.2 this year. Its maiden flight is expected to be in the third quarter of next year, according to Wang Jian, chairman of the AVIC Electromechanical Company speaking at the International Forum of Civilian Aircraft Electromechanical Systems held in Nanjing on Oct. 23.

The C919 has been developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), which develops home-grown passenger aircraft, including the short range jet ARJ21. The single-aisle narrow-body passenger aircraft C919 has been marketed over the past years aimed at competing with the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320.

Wang said as of now, a total of 514 China-made C919 aircraft have been ordered by 21 customers around the world.

Wang said that according to the current plan, the C919 will make its maiden flight in the third quarter next year, or possibly in 2017.

The C919's "successor" - the wide-body aircraft C929 has also entered the research stage in terms of key technologies. According to Wang, the C929 will use domestic engine and have a capacity of more than 300 passengers, aiming to replace the Boeing 777 in the future.

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Chinese-designed C919 rolls off assembly line

Chinese-designed C919 rolls off assembly line - CCTV News - CCTV.com English

The C919 has a designed lifespan of 90,000 flight hours or 30 calendar years. It's a medium to short-range commercial trunk-liner. China owns the independent intellectual property rights for the aircraft. The baseline version of the C919 features 168 seats with an all-economy class layout and 156 seats for its hybrid class layout. Its designed standard range is 4,075 kilometers and has an extended range 5,555 kilometers, which enables it to operate on diversified air routes. It aims to compete with Boeing and Airbus in the medium-range aircraft sector.

The state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation said it has secured orders for over 500 C919 planes from 21 customers. China will become the world's largest domestic aviation market in the next decade, an Airbus forecast said. The country will need more than 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters between 2014 and 2033, with a total market value of $820 billion in the next 20 years, the forecast said.

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