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China has been trying to improve their commercial air industry, but engines have been a problem, both for their airliners and their military jets.
by greedo 10y ago
China has been trying to improve their commercial air industry, but engines have been a problem, both for their airliners and their military jets.
- greglindahl 10y agoWhich is why the single-aisle twin-engine commercial jetliner that China is already building uses foreign engines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C919 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C919
- DashRattlesnake 10y agoWhich is why they're licensing the An-225 and jet engine technology from Ukraine. http://www.popsci.com/china-will-resurrect-worlds-largest-plane http://www.popsci.com/china-will-resurrect-worlds-largest-pl...: > The second stage of the project will involve the complete transfer of technology, including the 23 ton thrust Progress D-18T turbofan engines, to China, for licensed production of a modernized version in Sichuan Province.