Comac C919 Likely To Fly In Second-Quarter 2017

Credit: Comac
The first Comac C919 flight-test aircraft should be moving on the ground on its own power by the end of this year. There is almost no hope of meeting the current target for a first flight in 2016, but taxi tests are probably only weeks away, say industry sources. The first flight-test aircraft is...
Bradley Perrett

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

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