4th C919 prototype takes off on test flight
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THE fourth prototype of the C919, China’s first domestically developed narrow-body passenger aircraft, completed its maiden flight at Pudong International Airport early yesterday.
The No. 104 C919 took off from the fourth runway at 5:32am and landed smoothly after a one-hour-25-minute test flight, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China said.
Pilots and engineers conducted tests on the avionics system, takeoff and landing performances, automated flying and natural icing.
Wu Xin, captain of the maiden flight for the second C919, was one of the test pilots along with two other pilots and two engineers.
The first three prototypes of the C919 are performing a series of experiments in northwest Shaanxi as well as the eastern Shandong and Jiangxi provinces.
Static and fatigue tests on the ground are also underway.
The fifth and sixth prototypes, the No. 105 and No.106 C919s, will roll off the assembly line in Shanghai later this year.
This will be when the C919 enters the “intensive test stage,” the COMAC said.
More than 1,000 ground and air tests on power, performance, stability, flying control, high and low temperatures will be carried out with the six planes.
The C919, with 168 seats and a range of 5,555 kilometers, will compete for orders with the Airbus 320neo and the Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded worldwide since March following two deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Wu Guanghui, chief designer of the C919, has said it is being developed in accordance with the latest international safety standards and is set to start commercial operations in 2021.
COMAC has secured 850 orders from 30 foreign and domestic airlines. The first C919 made its maiden flight from Shanghai on May 5, 2017.
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