China's C919 maiden commercial flight
Having operated for an Asian based airline for 2 decades, and witnessed the shenanigans that go on, particularly with China, and literally anything it produces or attempts to develop.... the acid test, as always, has to be, would you put your family on a Chinese built jet operated by Chinese crew.
The answer to that has to be, an emphatic no way!
The answer to that has to be, an emphatic no way!
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The patent continued long after the manufacturer stopped its aircraft production in 1958 and it brought steady revenue to the the company for many decades.afrerwards. ( source Rene Leduc biography)
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It looks a nice aircraft on the face of it. The flight deck seems to have copied bits from both Airbus and Boeing and the avionics are supplied from the west. The side stick is pure Airbus obviously but the MCP panel looks more Boeing.
Does anyone have an English FCOM for it? Be interested to know how far the FBW has gone - does the pilot retain full authority or is it more Airbus? Looks like the thrust levers move unlike Airbus?
I suspect it may turn out to be decently safe but think I’d wait a couple of years before making a judgement.
Does anyone have an English FCOM for it? Be interested to know how far the FBW has gone - does the pilot retain full authority or is it more Airbus? Looks like the thrust levers move unlike Airbus?
I suspect it may turn out to be decently safe but think I’d wait a couple of years before making a judgement.
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You would be surprised but actually there are many. African carriers have placed 305 orders since 2010, 40 different carriers. Obviously it is less than RYR alone but it is still a number.
