Chinese Aviation Industry
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Official announcement: the natural icing test for c919 has been completed, a key breakthrough
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Is it possible to see it in service this year?
It is just to the countries which sanctioned Aeroflot forbidding them to fly there. This is basically the EU/UK and US/Canada thus far I think.
Should have massive impact to flights between Europe and East Asia and perhaps from US to Middle East.
Not announced yet, but possible later this year.
This isn't a game of age of empires where someone researches chemistry before you.
Commercial aerospace requires a multitude of technologies, materials, advancement, prototyping, testing etc to end up with something.
I wouldn't be surprised if China were close to 2 decades behind atm given the circumstances. No input (example) from Honeywell etc and the slew of american sub-component manufacturers.
That's not in itself a bad thing in terms of self-sustainability, if focus was given.
Certain countries are at certain levels. The japs probably have better matsci than the Americans, who don't have the due diligence, but the money and research necessary to plough through.