Chinese Aviation Industry
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A new plane type certified.
Chinese Y-12F, Advanced Turboprop Aircraft Type Certified
The Y-12F, advanced turboprop aircraft developed by the Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC) has been awarded type certification by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
The aircraft can be used for various civil and military applications such as freight and passenger transportation, maritime surveillance, airdrops of personnel and goods, reconnaissance, geological prospecting and medical services, an AVIC statement said today.
Compared to its competing aircraft around the world, the Y-12F boasts advantages in payload, travel distance, speed and comprehensive effectiveness.
The aircraft’s advantages reside not only in having larger cabin volume and payload, higher speed, longer travel distance, strong single-engine capabilities and good high altitude adaptation, but also in its top performance in the ton kilometer/hour operation cost indicator, which is 1.5 to 2 times superior to its competitors, the statement claimed.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Why is it called China / Russia aircraft ? I thought it was Chinese only ?
Blackstone
Brigadier
Congrats to AVIC on getting CAAC certification for the Y-12F, next one is probably FAA or EU certification since the Y-12E is already certified by the FAA. She's a pretty bird.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Yes C919 but C929??
I didn't know such a thing existed ? And if so I would have thought after C919 China could go alone with larger version
Quickie
Colonel
Yes, C929 has been in the plans together with the C919, but whether it has anything to do with the wide body aircraft that the Chinese Russian joint venture is planning to build, is the question.