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Chinese Y-20 strategic transport aircraft to enter service in People's Liberation Army in two years.
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The
Y-20, China's first domestically designed large transport aircraft developed
by Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, is likely to enter service with
the People's Liberation Army in the next two years, Chinese newspaper
People's Daily reported on Oct. 16. |
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Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation Y-20 "Kunpeng" large military
transport aircraft |
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The Chinese Communist
Party said the Y-20 will be shown to the public for the first time at
the Zhuhai Airshow in Guangdong province next month. The plane makes
China the fourth nation in the world with the ability to develop 200-ton
transport aircraft after the United States, Russia and Ukraine, the
paper said.
The Y-20 is a landmark in Chinese aviation history as the aircraft is a brand new design, the report said, since unlike older transport aircraft such as the Y-7 and Y-8, which were based on Russian models, the Y-20 is an entirely Chinese design. People's Daily said Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation has gained experience through developing fighters and bombers from the 1990s. |
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