COMAC C919

by78

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MortyandRick

Junior Member
Registered Member
I am not b**ching. It's true the 1950s were a long time ago but it is what it is. To get from point A to point C you have to go through the middle (point B) and this is rightfully a major milestone. How many countries could not get to this point? Every single one on earth except the US, EU, and Russia. China is the first non European offshoot to achieve this. So don't view my post as b***ching, but as celebrating this moment for what it is, no more no less.

Also, the Saturn V was launched in late 1967, not mid 1967, I stand corrected.
Lol such back handed comments. You do this a lot in other threads as well. You can say whatever you want but b***ching is b***ching, and we all know it. The last time I experienced such snid remarks was between a group of Asian aunties trying to one up each other. You'd fit well in that group I'd imagine
 

ACuriousPLAFan

Colonel
Registered Member
I can sense a lot of sourness from this very sentence alone:
Congratulations China! With the help of Western suppliers, it has officially entered the jet age. Frankly, as recently as 3 years ago, this day seemed quite distant to me.

Aaaaaaaaaaanyways, and FYI - China officially entered the jet age 43 years ago.
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And that's only for the civilian side.

Kindly update yourself, please. Oh, and remember to eat something sweet once in a while - too much sourness isn't good for your health.
 
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by78

General
Congratulations China! With the help of Western suppliers, it has officially entered the jet age. Frankly, as recently as 3 years ago, this day seemed quite distant to me.

In contrast, the first stable, purpose-built Western narrowbody jet airliner, the DeHavilland Comet 4, went into revenue service on October 4, 1958 (earlier versions of the model had major issues with explosive decompression). The famous Boeing 707 would follow three weeks later. At that time also, the Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 had been revenue service since September 15, 1956.

People were *quite* excited at the time. Check out this promo film from Pan American airlines:

To celebrate the occasion, here is Tommy Edwards's "It's All in the Game", which was atop the Billboard charts that month.


By my calculations, there is now nothing the West could do that China today cannot until the debut of the Saturn V super heavy launcher in mid-1967.

Go troll somewhere.
 

lcloo

Captain
China has signed airworthiness agreements with 27 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Canada, and Brazil, that is, bilateral airworthiness agreements, but there is no European or American airworthiness certificate.

Anyone has complete or partial list of the 27 countries? Indonesia has bought ARJ-21, so it is counted as one of the 27.

Edit: NVM, I got the list.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a list of countries that have signed Bilateral Airworthiness Agreements (BAA) with China. The list includes 27 countries as of 2022. Here are the countries:

  1. Australia
  2. Austria
  3. Brazil
  4. Canada
  5. Chile
  6. Egypt
  7. France
  8. Germany
  9. Hungary
  10. India
  11. Indonesia
  12. Italy
  13. Japan
  14. Malaysia
  15. Mexico
  16. New Zealand
  17. Pakistan
  18. Peru
  19. Poland
  20. Romania
  21. Singapore
  22. South Africa
  23. South Korea
  24. Spain
  25. Thailand
  26. Turkey
  27. United Kingdom
 
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So does anybody have the primary sources for the localization rate of the c919? I've seen various figures thrown around, like 60 or 65%, but it's unclear to me how these are measured and where they are quoted from. There's also the issue of the localization rate of the jet's sub components. IE, supposedly foreign-made pieces of the plane may be manufactured physically in China by 50/50 JV's, but what is the localization rate of those pieces themselves? I can't read technical Chinese so any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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