Beijing 1
Beijing 1 | |
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Role | Light airliner |
National origin | People's Republic of China
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Manufacturer | Beijing Aviation Institute |
First flight | 24 September 1958 |
Number built | 1 |
The Beijing 1People's Republic of China. Only one example was built, the type not entering production.
Design and development
In 1958, the Beijing Aviation Institute (later to become known as the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) and now
flaps to ease operations out of small airfields.[3][4] A crew of two and 8 to 10 passengers were carried in the aircraft's fuselage.[1]
The Beijing 1 made its maiden flight on 24 September 1958, and was handed over to the Chinese civil aviation authorities on 1 October 1958, the 9th anniversary of the establishment of the
People's Republic of China.[4] It was the first passenger airliner designed and built in the People's Republic.[1][nb 1]
Although contemporary reports suggested that the type entered service with
Beijing Aviation Museum.[2]
Specifications
Data from Chinese Aircraft: China's Aviation Industry since 1951[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 8–10 passengers
- Length: 12.15 m (39 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 16.40 m (53 ft 10 in)
- Height: 4.39 m (14 ft 5 in)
- Gross weight: 3,000 kg (6,614 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko AI-14 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, 190 kW (260 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 300 km/h (190 mph, 160 kn) [3]
- Range: 1,075 km (668 mi, 580 nmi) [3]
- Service ceiling: 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [3]
Notes
- Manshū Aircraft Company, based in Japanese occupied Manchuria, and managed and controlled by the Japanese, had built about 35 Fokker Super Universals under licence between 1934 and 1936, followed by 35 Manshū Hayabusa transports from December 1936.[5]
References
- Andersson, Lennart. A History of Chinese Aviation: Encyclopedia of Aircraft and Aviation in China until 1949. Taipei, Republic of China: AHS of ROC, 2008. ISBN 978-957-28533-3-7.
- "Asia's Aircraft Industries". Flight International, 26 July 1962. pp. 133–139.
- Gordon, Yefim and Dmitry Komissarov. Chinese Aircraft: China's Aviation Industry since 1951. Manchester, UK: Hikoki Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-1-902109-04-6.
- Harrison, Neil. " A Peep into China..." Flight International, 21 May 1964. pp. 838–840.
- Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.