Crowd gathers at a ceremony to unveil the AG600 amphibious plane in Zhuhai, southern China's Guangdong Province, on July 23, 2016
Posted on 07/25/2016 2:20:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
China has completed production of the world's largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country's program to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms.
The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of the new planes, dubbed the AG600, Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The aircraft, which has a maximum range of 4,500 km (2,800 miles), is intended for fighting forest fires and performing marine rescues, it said.
At around the size of a Boeing 737, it is far larger than any other plane built for marine take off and landing, Xinhua quoted AVIC's deputy general manager Geng Ruguang as saying.
However, its wingspan is considerably smaller than that of the H-4 Hercules, known as the Spruce Goose, which was designed in the 1940s to carry Allied troops into battle. It is regarded as by far the largest seaplane ever built although it only ever made one flight, in 1947.
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Crowd gathers at a ceremony to unveil the AG600 amphibious plane in Zhuhai, southern China's Guangdong Province, on July 23, 2016
Looks like it was made with plastic and pinball parts.
Must be a 737 short config they are talking about in comparison.
What a pig.
Give he a DeHavilland Twin Otter
See my Post #5.
World’s Largest Amphibious Aircraft Made In China
Posted on 7/25/2016, 7:21:31 AM by sukhoi-30mki
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3452648/posts
What about a Mars Martin
I had one just like it, but the rubber-band broke.
I assume they ripped off enough technology by now to build something like this.
That ain’t no where’s near the size of a 747!
I think a 737 is bigger than this seaplane.
The world’s largest seaplane is still the Spruce Goose that Howard Hughs built.
Best marine plane in the world
She gets up, she gets down, she dont even **** around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2q_tLn8Dfw
They can call this one the Spruce Sluice.
AKA The Caspian Sea Monster - Soviet Union 1960s-80s - Ekranoplan is a ground-effect vehicle for flying over flat / ocean surfaces at about 13 feet!
I think I’ve seen that aircraft somewhere before...
5.56mm
That’s it. A C130 mated with a C141 and the Spruce Goose.
5.56mm
Looks like the Spruce Goose. And probably as successful.
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