China's Aerospace industry

Here's something from Zhuhai too. Is this a Chinese company? The real thing would probably look really nice.

they're American

Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. - The leader in Gyrodyne technology.

Wirtschaft - german.china.org.cn - Erstflug von Chinas erstem Amphibienflugzeug geglückt

first chinese amphibious aereoplane "HO300" have had first fligth at wednesday in Shijiazhuang, Hebei

Some nice pics of the C919 cockpit and interior.
Now that the cockpit is all padded up and smooth it sure does look like it's ready to compete internationally, and the economy class doesn't look to shabby either.



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Looks like something you'd see flying around Pandora.

I hope they build it!

Looks pretty cool, but I can't see what such a platform would be good for... Too big for attack helicopter, having a rotor in the fuselage means it can't carry a decent payload of any kind... Probably for private aviation?

Encouraging that AVIC are at least considering and researching some innovative concepts though.

The C919 has received total orders of 100.

中新网珠海11月16日电(记者 孙自法)中国拥有自主知识产权的C919大型客机16日在珠海航展上获得中外6家客户共100 架订单。

当天，中国商用飞机有限责任公司(中国商飞公司)分别与中国国际航空股份有限公司、中国东方航空股份有限公 司、中国南方航空股份有限公司、海航集团有限公司、国银金融租赁有限公司、美国GECAS公司签署C919 大型客机启动用户协议，中国4大航空公司和资产规模最大金融租赁公司以及世界上重要的专业飞机租赁商一道， 共签下100架C919大型客机启动订单。这也标志着中国C919大型客机已经确认了首批客户 和订单。

中国商飞公司董事长张庆伟表示，启动用户的确定为C919大型客机研制顺利进入工程发展阶段奠定了市场基础 。C919大型客机计划2010年完成初步设计，2012年完成详细设计，2014年实现首飞，2016年 完成适航取证并投放市场。

News of the first orders in English.

China Wins 100 C919 Orders, Breaks Airbus-Boeing Grip (Update3) - Bloomberg.com

"Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China announced its first 100 C919 passenger-plane orders, breaking Airbus SAS and Boeing Co.’s stranglehold on the world’s second- largest aircraft market.

General Electric Co.’s leasing arm and China’s big three domestic airlines are among customers for the narrowbody plane, state-controlled Comac said in a statement issued at the Zhuhai air show in southern China today. Chinese airlines accounted for more than half the orders, said Zhang Xinguo, vice president of Comac shareholder, Aviation Industry Corp. of China. .............................."

Xian has made some sales

Zhuhai10: Xian Aircraft gets orders for five MA600 turboprops

2014 C919 First Flight

2016 Will Hand Over First Plane To The Customer.

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Originally Posted by Bltizo

Some nice pics of the C919 cockpit and interior.
Now that the cockpit is all padded up and smooth it sure does look like it's ready to compete internationally, and the economy class doesn't look to shabby either.

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I just don't understand why the avionics and flight control system have to be western western stuffs? After all if they can do it on J-10, Y-9 etc, it shouldn't be much of a issue for C919.

Originally Posted by tch1972

I just don't understand why the avionics and flight control system have to be western western stuffs? After all if they can do it on J-10, Y-9 etc, it shouldn't be much of a issue for C919.

It's for the same reason that leads to the use of foreign engines in the first phase: safety, and the related authorization patent needed from the international flight authorities. They require time and the use of a full chinese made plane would bring a lot of delays in C919 operativity (expected in 2016). So at the beginning, in 2016 the plane will be chinese only on the airframe, later hopefully (i hope by 2020-2025) will be chinese even in the avionics and engines...

Not to mention that most of their potential customers would likely be used to western layout, so they need to get them to switch sides first.