SF Express To Use Unmanned Avic Y-5B For Freight Deliveries

SF Express, a Chinese freight company, plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B aircraft for carriage beginning in 2023. The Y-5B is a single-piston-engine biplane, based on the Soviet-designed Antonov A-2m, which first flew in 1947. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 11,600 lb., a payload of 3,300 lb. and...

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