The ARF (Asian Regional Jet)

[cancidas]

the thing looks more like a DC-9 than a regional jet.

[LGA777]

the thing looks more like a DC-9 than a regional jet.

Actually looks a lot like a 717 !

LGA777

[Tom_Turner]

Looks like a DC-9-10 series with winglets.

Did anyone order these outside of China?

Tom

[heeshung]

I find it hilarious that the "A" in "ARJ" actually stands for Asian.

[T-Bird76]

It’s no surprise that it looks like a DC-9 or a small MD-80. MD did build MD-80s in China so you can be sure it’s basically a reversed engineered model. Russia and China have never been able to build an original product without copying something from a western model.

[diegodangers]

Although ACAC refers to the ARJ21 as "designed by Chinese with completely independent intellectual property rights",[citation needed] it is being built using tooling which was originally provided by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation for licence-production of the MD-90 in China. Consequently, it bears a strong resemblance to the DC-9 family of aircraft, with an identical cabin cross section, nose profile and tail. An all-new supercritical wing, which will have a sweepback of 25 degrees and be fitted with winglets to improve aerodynamic performance, has been designed by Ukraine’s Antonov.[10][11][12] Antonov Design Bureau also assisted project with geometrical determination and integral analysis of the construction strength of ARJ21.[10]

In addition to the baseline and the stretched passenger models, ACAC has also proposed extended-range, freight, and business jet variants.

From the Wiki, I think its cute. AirTran will get some :lol:

[USAF Pilot 07]

Does it come stock with an exhaust tip on it, or is that a special mod? :lol:

[hiss srq]

I bet they even stole the bypass pin design from Boeing on this one. :lol: