1+4+19+Regional Aircraft+Narrowbody Aircraft+Widebody Aircraft concept illustration by AVIC. Posted by @垂直风行 on Webo.
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Some visit into historical archives from @垂直风行 on Weibo:
The first ever MD-82 co-produced by China and the US had its maiden flight at Shanghai on July 2, 1987 and was delivered to the now-defunct China Northern Airlines in the same month. 35x MD-82s were produced in China in total, which the co-production ended in October 18, 1994.
The wind tunnel testing model for the cancelled Y-10 from 1972. Borrowed from COMAC by a 3rd party (for exhibition).
The first ever MD-82 co-produced by China and the US had its maiden flight at Shanghai on July 2, 1987 and was delivered to the now-defunct China Northern Airlines in the same month. 35x MD-82s were produced in China in total, which the co-production ended in October 18, 1994.
The wind tunnel testing model for the cancelled Y-10 from 1972. Borrowed from COMAC by a 3rd party (for exhibition).
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As reported by a story that commemorates the late CAS fellow 曹春晓 (Cao Chunxiao) who was a renowned expert of Titanium alloy materials, Mr. Cao revealed, in a presentation of his on aircraft materials in 2017, that the amount [by weight presumably] of Titanium alloy materials used in Chinese military aircrafts has increased from 2% in J8, to 4% in J10, 15% in J11, 20% in J20 and 25% in J31. He also said Y20 has 10% titanium parts, on par with C17.
I'm really curious about this 19 widebodies part.
That seems a little crazy. You generally don't want to have too many moon shots at the same time. Concentrate on making your narrowbody aircraft really good and you win the market.
