Chinese AC313A Heavy-Lift Helicopter Completes First Flight

AVIC AC313A
Credit: AVIC
SINGAPORE—China conducted the first test flights of the AVIC AC313A civil heavy-lift helicopter on May 17 and plans to certify the type within the country’s 14th five-year plan of 2021-25. The aircraft flew for 22 min. at Lumeng Airport in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. AVIC said the three-engine...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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