Comac C919!!

Second prototype had its maiden flight this morning ! So congrats to COMAC.

Thank u, Trident! (And they used to fly over the family home about every ten minutes when I was a nipper!)

Yeah, I haven’t yet seen any footage showing a chase either, but reports are that it was accompanied by a Legacy 650 business jet after climb out.

Anyone know why it didn’t have a chase plane? (that I could see, anyway!)

Congrats …. !!! :love-struck:

Much nicer than the ARJ-21, in my opinion.

… first low-speed taxi test 28.12.16 + a few more from the days before.

http://js.t.sinajs.cn/t5/album/static/swf/video/player.swf?_vaf080f95a3e4005d&file=http%3A%2F%2Fus.sinaimg.cn%2F0005Mr39jx077xOhLykD05040100001Z0k01.m3u8%3FExpires%3D1482922629%26ssig%3DRjnmpSwiNb%26KID%3Dunistore%2Cvideo&fid=1034:0aff4a8e5f38fd8f58117d98c55d4ebc

Well, the ARJ-21 has been delivered to its first customer, the COMAC owned Chengdu Airlines.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1601528.html

Roll out was on Monday (Nov 2nd)
http://www.airportsinternational.com/2015/11/chinas-comac-rolls-out-c919-airliner/17060

Yes … see post above !

Roll out was on Monday (Nov 2nd)
http://www.airportsinternational.com/2015/11/chinas-comac-rolls-out-c919-airliner/17060

Finally …. 😀

😀

Preview …. 😀

The C919 rollout is scheduled for November 2nd. :eagerness:

And reportedly CCTV will be broadcasting the event live.

Finally on its own feet …

Slowly ….

PICTURES: Comac confident of year-end roll-out for C919

Comac says C919 suppliers are due to deliver all systems of the first aircraft by October, allowing the aircraft to be rolled out by the end of 2015.
Speaking to Flightglobal at Comac’s final assembly centre near Shanghai’s Pudong International airport, chief engineer Jiang Liping says assembly of the airframe is largely complete, and that installations of harnesses, cables and pipes has started.
The Chinese airframer has also taken delivery of its first CFM International Leap-1C engine, as well as the Liebherr landing gear. The aircraft’s second powerplant is due to in September.
After roll-out, aircraft 101 needs to undergo a series of pre-flight preparations, including engine tests, lightning tests and taxi tests before it can make its first flight.
Under the best circumstances, pre-flight preparation could be completed within four months following roll-out, says Jiang. This means that the C919 could make its first flight around April or May of 2016.

When Flightglobal visited the manufacturer’s sub-assembly hangar, aircraft 101 was resting on struts with its wing-to-body join completed. Comac had removed the aircraft’s tail cone, as well as its vertical and horizontal stabilisers as it had to strengthen the composite aft-fuselage, says Jiang. The aircraft’s windows have also been replaced with smaller standard-size ones, after the manufacturer discovered that its original larger windows affect the strength of the fuselage.
The aircraft’s radome as well as the winglets have not been attached. Jiang says the airframe will move to the final assembly hangar next month, where its engines will be attached and systems installed.
Next month, Comac will also start final assembly of aircraft 102 as well as a static strength test aircraft. The mid-fuselage of aircraft 102 has already been delivered, with other sections of the fuselage due to arrive by the end of the month.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-comac-confident-of-year-end-roll-out-for-c919-416000/

Comac engages backup suppliers to prevent C919 delays

By: Mavis Toh Shanghai 03:12 25 Aug 2015

Comac is using a dual supplier system to manufacture critical and potentially challenging parts of the C919 airframe, to ensure quality control and to prevent any major delays to the programme.

These include the aircraft’s aft fuselage as well as its vertical and horizontal stabilisers, all of which are made of composites, Comac’s chief engineer Jiang Liping tells Flightglobal in an interview in Shanghai.

She explains that Chinese suppliers are unfamiliar with the use of composites and that the airframer’s concern is that the quality and strength of the parts produced by one supplier may not match the required standards.

An example is how the first aft fuselage delivered by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation had to be strengthened.

Comac also engaged two suppliers to build the C919’s centre wingbox and mid fuselage due to anticipated complexities in the wing-to-body join of the aircraft.

“We do this so that we have a backup… the costs will go up but this is for quality control and also to ensure that the the programme’s timeline is under control,” says Jiang.

She adds, however, that Comac has stuck to the main suppliers thus far, since the manufactured parts have generally met standards.

Comac has largely completed the final assembly of the first flight test aircraft for the C919 programme, and is working towards a year-end roll-out followed by first flight in 2016.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/comac-engages-backup-suppliers-to-prevent-c919-delays-416002/

A small update …

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-c919-takes-shape-in-shanghai-409657/

Most recent image I found …

Some progress … http://slide.mil.news.sina.com.cn/k/slide_8_193_31761.html#p=1

2014年9月19日，C919大型客机在上海浦东吹响“集结号”，首架机在中国商飞公司新落成的总装制造中心正式开始机体对接工作，前机身与中机身开始按照既定工艺装配流程进行对合。这标志着C919大型客机项目研制迈出具有里程碑意义的重要一步。

= via BING

On September 19, 2014, the C919 large passenger plane in Shanghai’s Pudong sound “Assembly”, first in commercial aircraft Corporation of China for newly completed final assembly manufacturing center begins the body of dock work, fuselage started in accordance with the established process in the first fuselages and processes. This marks landmark C919 large aircraft development project as an important step.

+ a video from the manufacturing process: http://www.bilibili.com/video/av1546218/

Deino

… a bit more !