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China’s first home-grown commercial jetliner makes maiden flight

New Kid on the Block

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Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor
 
Aerospace
In what could be the most significant development in global commercial aviation since the prototype of the first Airbus airliner (the A300) made its maiden flight in late 1972, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China’s (Comac’s) C919 single-aisle airliner made its first flight, from Shanghai Pudong International Airport, at 14.00 local time on Friday, May 5. The new aircraft is powered by two CFM International Leap-1C engines.
 
 
 
 
 

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