COMAC and CFM International celebrated delivery of the first LEAP-1C engine for the C919 prototype yesterday. The second Leap-1C engine is expected to be delivered to COMAC in August. The first C919 prototype is in final assembly in Shanghai. The…
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COMAC has nearly completed the basic assembly of its C919 prototype, Chinese media are reporting. This picture released by Pudong Times shows the C919 prototype on the final assembly line. The engines, avionics, flight control and hydraulics systems have yet…
COMAC is seeing some real progress as key parts arrive for assembly of the first C919. Chinese trade media report the aft bulkhead section of the first C919, manufactured by Aerospace Haiying Zhenjiang Special Materials Limited Company, was delivered to…
Reports indicate that this hitherto secret program (started in 2012) is now being made public. The China Youth Daily reports “Russia and China are set to develop the wide-body aircraft next year,” said Jin Zhuanglong, Chairman of Commercial Aircraft Corporation…