China News Service, Zhuhai, November 8 (Reporter Sun Zifa) The 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Expo (China Air Show) opened on November 8 in Zhuhai, Guangdong.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Limited (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) debuted its C919 large passenger aircraft and ARJ21 medical aircraft for the first time, and presented the staged achievements of China's large aircraft business to the public through in-hall exhibitions, outdoor static exhibitions, and flight demonstrations. Achievement.
China's C919 large passenger aircraft performed a wonderful flight performance at the air show.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sun Zifa
In the air show at the opening ceremony of the China Air Show, the C919 large passenger aircraft made a wonderful appearance with an elegant and vigorous posture in the air.
As China's first self-developed mainline jet aircraft with independent intellectual property rights in accordance with international airworthiness standards, the C919 large passenger aircraft has 158-192 seats and a maximum range of 5,555 kilometers. After completing all the airworthiness certification work in September, it obtained the type certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
China's C919 large passenger aircraft performed a wonderful flight performance at the air show.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sun Zifa
In the static exhibition area outside the exhibition hall, the ARJ21 medical machine, one of the ARJ21 series development achievements, also made its debut.
This multi-purpose medical machine with intensive intensive care unit (ICU) function and modular space layout design has the functions of medical rescue and medical transfer, and can serve the aviation medical rescue network.
The typical configuration of the ARJ21 medical aircraft cabin exhibited this time has different functional partitions, mainly including three areas: the expert area, the attendant area and the ICU area.
In the exhibition hall, the COMAC booth displayed the ARJ21 series sand table model, ET120 intelligent new energy vertical take-off and landing drone and 5G innovation achievements under the theme of "green and innovation". Among them, the ARJ21 series sand table model vividly simulated The application scenarios of four derivative models of ARJ21; the ET120 intelligent new energy vertical take-off and landing drone adopts a zero-carbon emission hydrogen fuel cell system, which will be used for power inspection guarantee during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics; 5G innovation achievements The exhibition area shows the practical application of 5G technology in the intelligent assembly, intelligent detection and intelligent management and control of large aircraft.
China's C919 large passenger aircraft performed a wonderful flight performance at the air show.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sun Zifa
During this year's air show, COMAC also released an annual report on forecasting the air transport market, and conducted discussions and exchanges with partners and customers.
It is understood that COMAC, which undertakes the important task of developing the C919, is the main body for the implementation of the national large-scale aircraft major project of medium and large passenger aircraft, and is also the main carrier for coordinating the development of trunk and regional aircraft and realizing the industrialization of China's civil aircraft.
The successful development of the C919 large passenger aircraft and the obtaining of the type certificate indicate that China has the ability to independently develop world-class large passenger aircraft and is an important milestone in the development of China's large aircraft business.
China's C919 large passenger aircraft performed a wonderful flight performance at the air show.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sun Zifa
According to information on COMAC's official website, the C919 large passenger aircraft has accumulated 815 orders from 28 customers.
Since the ARJ21 new regional aircraft was officially put into operation in June 2016, the market operation and sales have been good.
After the C919 obtained the type certificate and before its participation in this Airshow China, COMAC held the 2022 COMAC Customer Conference, the 2022 Global Supplier Conference and the Civil Aircraft Safety and Reliability Improvement Forum in late October.
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