Engineer
Major
Current tasks completed, and more important assignments await. So the rumor on Internet says.
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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superdog
Junior Member
They resigned from the positions of "chief designer/engineer of AVIC", this does not mean they're resigning from the Y-20 project which is developed by the First Aircraft Institute and XAC under AVIC. Chief designer/engineer of AVIC are high-level management positions, stepping down from there suggests that they may have new things (new project?) to focus on.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
So Y-20 has gone into production
Let's hope we see a factory floor full of Y-20 air frames
China can now have a long range strategic air lift capability
And this programme moved very fast
Y-20 and Y-9 are fine aircraft
Let's hope we see a factory floor full of Y-20 air frames
China can now have a long range strategic air lift capability
And this programme moved very fast
Y-20 and Y-9 are fine aircraft
Blackstone
Brigadier
Is that just your theory, or is there evidence to support it?
Blackstone
Brigadier
How many confirmed Y-20 prototypes have we seen, 3...? Does the low number suggests it's ready for production?
There are at least 4 maybe 5 prototypes and this plane has about 2 years and 10 months of flight testing. I don't know if that's enough for a plane of this type to go into pre production.
superdog
Junior Member
They resigned from the positions of "chief designer/engineer of AVIC", which was not the same as resigning from the Y-20 project, that's a fact based on what was said in the official statement. As for whether they're still leading the Y-20 project, or if they're switching to something different, that's only for speculation at this point, therefore I said "may".
