Chitchat China's first local made airliner C919

These are actual statements and comments about the airliner from various press sources.


"The C919 will carry "the will of the state, the dream of the Chinese nation and the expectations of the Chinese people," said Jin Zhuanglong, chairman of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). He added the project is in line with the spirit of "aeronautical patriotism.""

"has more to do with nationalism than commercial intent," estimating that only 30 percent of the plane is Chinese-made, with most key components from engines to avionics coming from U.S. companies."

"COMAC is a widely respected company and their products will compete in the global aviation airplane industry ... at times we will both compete and collaborate with each other."

"The expectation is that C919 will build a derivative that will meet FAA standards, which aviation experts believe will take [another] seven years,"


“We tested the whole plane, its key components, and connecting parts,” said Li Qiang, a technician at the Design and Research Center of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), as quoted by the Xinhua news agency.

"COMAC has reportedly received 570 orders for the C919 passenger jet from 23 customers."

Buy 1 get one free. Death of buy angmoh planes has arrived.

C919 will carry the will of the state indeed!!

with 1.5b people it is inevitable that communism is for China.

it is my dream one day that Singapore too will be the will of the people!!!

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https://www.rt.com/news/387199-china-c919-maiden-flight/


1st large Chinese-made passenger jet C919 takes flight, seeks to rival Boeing & Airbus
Published time: 5 May, 2017 07:09
Edited time: 5 May, 2017 07:13
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1st large Chinese-made passenger jet C919 takes flight, seeks to rival Boeing & Airbus
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The Chinese COMAC C919 airplane, which seeks to challenge the market dominance of the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, has made its maiden flight.

The new narrow-body twin-engine passenger jet took to the skies of Shanghai on Friday. The maiden flight had been delayed at least twice since 2014 due to production issues, according to Reuters.

The state-owned producer of the plane, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), says there is a $2 trillion market for the new plane, which was first revealed last November.

A total of 23 foreign and domestic customers have placed orders for 570 planes, the company says.

READ MORE: China’s first large passenger jet prepares for its maiden flight

Earlier this week, Russia’s Irkut MC-21 – a competitor in the same market – left the assembly line in preparation for its maiden flight later this month.

Japanese Mitsubishi made a smaller (half of Chinese C919 in passenger capacity) with paid help from Boeing, 1st flight 2015, now only made 4 units for testing, no sales!

Chinese did it larger and all by themselves, and sold hundreds before flying it. Chinese in 20 months plan to replace C919's imported engine with Chinese made new engine to be released this year or next, and intent to have 100% non-import parts for C919.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Regional_Jet

See how soon these chink copycats will drop or explode in the sky.
It will be 10 times worst than the old DC-10s

with engine from France, wings from US, its more like assembled in China.

Kind of reminds me of smelly duck liver. Looks normal but is actually a fucking disaster.