COMAC plans to fly first C919 prototype May 6

Credit: COMAC
China’s Commercial Aircraft Corp. (COMAC) plans to fly the first prototype of its C919 narrowbody May 6, according to an industry source close to the program. If flying on that day proves impossible, COMAC will try for May 7, the source said. More than two years of flight testing is planned for that...
Bradley Perrett

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

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