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Russia and China establish JV to design new widebody aircraft
Russia and China have signed an agreement establishing a joint venture (JV) to design and develop new widebody aircraft during Russian president Vladimir Putin’s visit to China June 25. The agreement stipulates the joint design, manufacture, marketing and after-sale support of new aircraft. The Russian-Chinese JV is expected to develop a widebody family, although it has not yet been disclosed how many aircraft it will include. (atwonline.com) Mais...
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After the meeting of Nixon and Mao in the early 1970s, China was given a Boeing 707-350 as a gift, including the plans to build one. In 1981 I flew in that airplane Tokyo Shanghai, CAAC Airlines, and flew back to Japan to Osaka. The two landings were the hardest I've ever experienced. They were learning
Yep, the masters of reproduction! Don't you wonder, if those were the standard landings, how it stayed together 6,7,8 years for you to fly in it? Boeing.
Funny stuff, I wonder who had the copy of the "US" plane first!
I meant no criticism of the Chinese. When I first took flying lessons in an Aeronca Champ, you wouldn't believe the hard landings I made. The softest landing? It was on a Sudan Airways Boeing 707 from Khartoum to Jeddah, 1985. I never felt the plane hit the runway.
