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C919 expected to experience maiden flight in early 2017
Jan 11,2017
Chinese-designed C919 rolls off assembly line in
Shanghai, on November 2, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]
China's first homegrown jumbo jet, the
C919, is expected to have its maiden flight in the first quarter of 2017,
according to Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC), the manufacturer of
the aircraft. The C919 was moved to the test flight center on Dec. 25, 2016.
The plane has gone through a series of
tests after rolling off the assembly line in November 2015, including a systems
integration test, static trials and onboard tests. Now the aircraft is ready
for ground tests. An industry source said the plane's maiden flight is
scheduled for February. However, the exact date has not yet been confirmed.
By now, the number of orders for the
C919 has reached 570. During the Zhuhai Air Show last November, Shanghai-based
China Eastern Airlines became the first company to receive the C919 model after
signing a cooperative framework agreement with COMAC. China's SPDB Financial
Leasing and CITIC Financial Leasing have respectively ordered 20 and 36 of the
aircraft.
COMAC will share the experience of C919 first flight
test and the progress of wide-body aircraft project on Civil Aircraft Industry
International Forum 2017 which is hosted by Chinese Society of Aeronautics and
Astronautics and will take place on May 10th - 11th, 2017.
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