The C919 Large Aircraft Is Full Of Chinese Romance
May 29, 2023
May 28, the domestic large aircraft C919 made the world's first commercial passenger flight! As my country's first self-developed jet trunk airliner in accordance with international airworthiness standards and with independent intellectual property rights, "C" in C919 is the first letter of China and the English abbreviation of COMAC of China Commercial Aircraft Corporation, and "9" means forever meaning.
What does C919's first commercial flight mean?
It means that the national strength is stronger, it means that the national honor narrative is thicker, and it means that China is more dazzling on the international stage. In addition to these grand narratives, there is another highlight worthy of special mention, that is, its consideration of people's livelihood.
It is certain that, just as the high-speed rail "drives" into the lives of ordinary people, large domestic aircraft will gradually "fly" into the ordinary world.
The C919 large passenger aircraft is a large jet civil aircraft independently developed by my country with independent intellectual property rights. The number of seats is 158 to 168, and the range is 4075 kilometers to 5555 kilometers. It is of the same level as the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 models.
Review the growth history of domestic large aircraft
On February 9, 2006, the State Council issued the "National Medium and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Plan (2006-2020)". The major project of large aircraft was identified as one of the 16 major scientific and technological projects.
On February 26, 2007, the State Council held the 170th executive meeting, which approved in principle the "Report on the Demonstration of Large Aircraft Plans", and approved in principle the formal establishment of a major scientific and technological project for the development of large aircraft.
On May 11, 2008, COMAC was established, and in the second year, it officially released the code name of the first single-aisle conventional layout 150-seat large passenger aircraft model "COMAC919", referred to as "C919".
On November 2, 2015, the first C919 large-scale passenger aircraft was officially assembled and rolled off the assembly line at Pudong Base, marking the phased achievements in the research and development of the C919 large-scale passenger aircraft project.
On May 5, 2017, the C919 large passenger aircraft successfully made its first flight in Shanghai, marking a major milestone in the development of the project.
On September 29, 2022, the C919 large passenger aircraft received a type certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
On November 29, 2022, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a production license for the C919 large passenger aircraft to COMAC.
On December 9, 2022, the world's first C919 large passenger aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines.
From December 26, 2022 to February 2023, China Eastern Airlines will conduct a total of more than 100 hours of verification flights on the world's first delivered C919 large passenger aircraft to comprehensively test the reliability of various systems of Eastern Airlines in preparation for C919 commercial operation.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China reviewed and inspected the verification results and confirmed that China Eastern Airlines has the ability to safely operate the C919 large passenger aircraft. It recently issued the corresponding operating license to approve the commercial operation of the C919 large passenger aircraft.
