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News coming out of the Orient

The first twin-engine 158-seater C919 passenger plane made by The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China


LINK : http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/china-unveils-jetliner-in-bid-to-compete-with-boeing-airbus/ar-BBmIJUG?li=BBgzzfc

Looks a bit like an A320.

The Daily Mail, (leading British newspaper) showed a photograph of one of the side-sticks in the cockpit and called it the 'pilot's gear stick'!

clarenceover wrote:The Daily Mail, (leading British newspaper) showed a photograph of one of the side-sticks in the cockpit and called it the 'pilot's gear stick'!

Not called the "Daily Fail" for nothing...... And "leading British tabloid" please, calling it a newspaper, well that is insulting to newspapers.....

Matt

Interesting stuff. Whether they can convince the world market to invest in them is another challenge. However good it is the Chinese lack the kudos of an established aviation industry and indigenous products, and the trust that brings. Whether it can gain more success than comparable products from (for example) Russia will be interesting.

Shane Stachwick wrote:Looks a bit like an A320.

I was thinking the same thing, the side stick and the cockpit switching that was show. Another collaboration between Airbus and another nation. The Suchoi Superjet 100 is a good example, the cockpit is so Airbus, it could never pass a a Russian aircraft if you took the label off it.

Matt