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ARJ21 aircraft flies to Xining for design optimization flight test

21/02/2017

Press releaseIssued by COMAC Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. and published as received — not written by Airframer’s editors.

ARJ21-700 AC104 took off from the airport of Flight Test Establishment in Yanliang on February 21st, 2017, and landed at Xining Caojiapu Airport after a flight of 1 hour and 18 minutes.

There was a heavy snow in Yanliang in the morning of February 21st, and the visibility is very poor. The weather got better in the afternoon, and the flight test crew took occasion to make ARJ21 aircraft take off at 15:28 and arrive safely at Xining at 16:46.

ARJ21 aircraft would carry out design optimization flight test of take-off/go-around flight director in Xining in the near future to fully demonstrate the performance of ARJ21 take-off/go-around flight director after design optimization.

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