COMAC C919 launches third flight

Credit: COMAC
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China ( COMAC) has flown its C919 aircraft for the third time—five weeks after its second flight, and 26 weeks after the first flight. While flight testing proceeds at a seemingly unhurried pace, the second prototype is almost ready for taxi tests. Its engines were...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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