Posts Tagged ‘China’
 

 

Chinese Airline Considers Installing Hannibal Lecter-Style “Standing Seats”

Shanghai-based Spring Airlines wants to remove all the seats from its jets. The low-cost carrier has 13 Airbus A320s, but the lengthy wait for new aircraft is making it difficult to keep up with surging demand. A seatless plane...
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Rockets are not meant to turn that way

On This Day in Aviation History: February 14th

The crashes of Belvia Flight 1834 and Indian Airlines Flight 605, China’s Long March 3 rocket kills villagers in a launch accident, India receives its first Soviet-built fighters, the first GPS satellite launched and more.
by NYCAviation Staff

 
 
A carrier-borne J-15 fighter jet on China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency)

Chinese Jet Performs First Successful Aircraft Carrier Landings and Takeoffs

A Chinese fighter jet carried out the first successful landing on the country's first aircraft carrier, defense officials announced.
by BNO News
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Today in Aviation History: February 24th

A United Airlines 747's explosive decompression over the Pacific kills 9 people, SAS launches Europe's first North Polar route to Asia, a 9 year old boy flies a Cessna, and more...
by NYCAviation Staff
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China Building First Aircraft Carrier: Official

A Chinese military official on Thursday acknowledged that China is developing its first aircraft carrier.
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