The fuselage of the world’s largest amphibious private jet AG600 was docked in Zhuhai on the 17th and entered the final assembly, about 20 days ahead of schedule.
At the AVIC General Aircraft Zhuhai base, the fuselage section of the large-scale fire fighting/water rescue amphibious aircraft (hereinafter referred to as “AG600”), one of the “three large aircrafts” independently developed by my country, has completed the docking and entered the final assembly stage. This is the AG600 Another important milestone in the development process. According to the plan, the final assembly of AG600 will be completed before the end of 2015, and the first flight will be realized in the first half of 2016.
AG600 is the largest amphibious aircraft under development in the world today. It is the first large-scale special-purpose civil aircraft developed in my country. It can meet the urgent needs of forest fire fighting and water rescue. It is an urgently needed major aviation equipment for the construction of an emergency rescue system. Economic development and transformation and upgrading are of great significance.
The domestically produced AG600 aircraft follows the design concept of “amphibious, multi-type, series development”. The nose section is 4.75 meters high, 9.5 meters long, and the fuselage is 39.3 meters long. The three-point retractable landing gear is equipped with 4 turboprop engines, the maximum take-off weight is 53.5 tons, and it can draw 12 tons of water at a time within 20 seconds.
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