Chinese GA manufacturer

[Sam Rutherford]

There's a lot of noise about these, but very difficult to find any hard information (I'm not including Cirrus in this).

Anyone know an actual company, making an actual plane?

[piperboy84]

Here's a GA plane and engine manufacturer owned by the Chinese.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Aerodyne_SeaRey

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Motors,_Inc.

[Sam Rutherford]

Thanks PB but... :-)

1. Progressive are US (where's the China link)?
2. Conti are 'now' Chinese, but not making planes?

Got to love the red pen effect!

[Shoestring Flyer]

There is the Chinese version of the Sportcruiser. It was going to be imported into the UK a few years ago as the SC3D but it never happened. I now see it has had a name change.
http://iflyairplanes.com/plane/triton-skytrek/.

[India Four Two]

I saw the Skytrek at Oshkosh in 2016. It wasn't flying because it had not yet been certified in the US.

Also saw my friend Phil, who is the factory test-pilot and who is flying in the video posted by SF.

The aircraft was shipped to Seattle and then he and his team trailered it from Seattle - nearly 2000 miles!

[NearlyStol]

Understand Chinese now own X49 (South Lakeland Airport. FL )
Link to announcement under :

Triton Aerospace Purchases South Lakeland, FL Airport | Aero-News Network (http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=463405c2-72b9-4557-a7ff-4568a64654d5)

Chip Irwin now new manager.

News from the Hangar Archives - Aeromarine LSA (http://aeromarine-lsa.com/category/news-from-the-hangar/)

This should give you a start point.

Regards

[Genghis the Engineer]

Mooney is now Chinese owned also and whilst they're doing the D,T&E in the USA, production will be in China.

G

[ChickenHouse]

Conti, Mooney, Cirrus and ... wasn't the Cessna 162 manufactured in China? My best guess, before my life ends, what survives the GA genozide of western culture, will fly chinese aircraft.

[DirtyProp]

Don't know if that counts, but an ultralight manufacturer whose product I was trying to push recently sold its production rights to a Chinese company.