New Chinese Jetliner

[sevenstrokeroll]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchin...nt_6341102.htm

To me it looks like a DC9...perhaps the Chinese learned something from making the MD80 lookalike, the Trunkliner. (without eyebrow windows?)

[Two's in]

Wikipedia;

The ARJ21 will be built using tooling which was originally provided by the McDonnell Douglas company for licence production of the MD-90 in China. Because of this, it bears a strong resemblance to the DC-9 series of aircraft, with an identical cabin cross section, nose profile and tail. An all new supercritical wing has been designed by Antonov.[5] It will have a sweepback of 25°, and be fitted with winglets to improve aerodynamic performance.

[grundyhead]

Is it just me or did anyone else think of Lego when they first looked at the photo? Especially the tug!!!

[FakePilot]

Definitely Lego.


However, "fully homegrown"? Is Russia and America part of the Chinese mainland now?

[WHBM]

All the western airliner designs which were taken by former-socialist countries (BAC One-Eleven in Romania, MD-80 and MD-90 in China) always start with huge projections for manufacture and end up being built in penny numbers. I really hope they manage to break the mould here, but past history teaches us otherwise, especially with significant elements of 1960s technology in this design. MD-80s and MD-90s are being scrapped already.

[ap9dm1]

Lego ... ... I hope it flies better than the rediculous concoctions I made all those years ago...

[take-off]

give it 20 years, and they'll be taking airbus over, just like they did when rover was on its knees,besides, what wrong with churning out old designs , just think of the recycling they can do,carbon footprint free!!!!! it'l be the greenest plane going .....

[take-off]

give it 20 years, and they'll be taking airbus over, just like they did when rover was on its knees,besides, what wrong with churning out old designs , just think of the recycling they can do,carbon footprint free!!!!! it'l be the greenest plane going .....

[plugster]

let's wait and see...as we have seen with the A380 and 787 an roll out does not mean it's flying and fulfilling goals like predicted...