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https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/07 ... comac.html01 August, 2019
The fourth prototype of the Comac C919 has completed its first test flight.
The Chinese airframer says in its Weibo account
that Aircraft 104, which bears registration B-001E,
took off from Shanghai’s Pudong Airport.
The test flight lasted 1hr 25 minutes, the company adds,
and covers test points such as avionics testing, take-off and landing, as well as deicing.
Comac adds that aircrafts 105 and 106 will be undertaking their test flights later this year.
In December last year, the third prototype of the C919 had its maiden flight.
https://airlinerwatch.com/the-fourth-co ... en-flight/The manufacturer is aiming to obtain certification for the plane from Chinese regulators by the end of 2020.
Analysts consider the target ambitious given the test planes have flown relatively few hours since the first C919 flew in 2017.
The C919 has dozens of mostly Chinese customers that have placed orders and commitments for more than 800 jets.
COMAC C919 is intended to compete with its western counterparts Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 MAX.
The company expects the aircraft to be certified by the Chinese civil aviation regulator this year.
The aircraft will be powered by CFM International Leap-1C engines.
In the future, it will also be offered with the CJ-1000AX engine option
that has been currently developed by the Chinese engine manufacturer AECC.