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Chinese private aircraft company develops first general-purpose aircraft

Global Times

Source:Global Times Published: 2020/4/27 12:18:40

The GA20, the first self-developed general-purpose aircraft made by a Chinese private company, completed the maiden test flight to trial out its systems, and it also started supply chain procurement, according to a report by thepaper.com.

Guanyi Aviation, a Shanghai-based private aircraft company said that its self-developed general-purpose aircraft GA20 completed the second test flight on April 25. After the test flight, the GA20 will fully start the global supply chain procurement to complete a series of aircraft assemblies, apply for safety certification from the authorities.

The GA20 was solely developed and produced by the company, which was established in 2009 and has provided products or technical services for ARJ21, C919, MA60 / 600, MA700, AG600, Z15 and other important domestic civil aircraft models.

The GA20 model was designed in 2015 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and formally established in East China's Jiangxi Province. It took three years from project establishment, design, and testing to complete the first maiden flight.

The GA20 is also China's first general aircraft with completely independent intellectual property rights developed by private enterprises.

The prototype is a single-engine four-seat fixed-wing aircraft. It is China's first privately-owned general aviation aircraft with completely independent intellectual property rights to meet the minimum design requirements of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Qi Qi, an independent market analyst said that although four-seat planes are not the most challenging in terms of technical requirements, the private company's achievement can be meaningful if a high capacity production line can be established to produce the plane in mass quantity.