Tu Jida

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Tu.

Tu Jida (

Chengdu J-7M, then China's only warplane competitive in the world market. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
.

Early life and education

Tu Jida was born 11 December 1927 in

aeronautical engineering department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1946.[3]

Career

After graduating from university in 1951, Tu was assigned to work for the

Shenyang Aircraft Factory to help develop the Shenyang JJ-1 trainer, the first jet aircraft designed in China. Working under chief designer Xu Shunshou and deputy chief Huang Zhiqian, Tu was in charge of designing the fuselage.[3] The plane took its first flight in July 1958, after only 21 months of development.[1]

Nanchang CJ-6A
basic trainer

In 1958, Tu Jida and Lin Jiahua were tasked with designing the

Nanchang Aircraft Factory. It took their team only 72 days to build a working prototype. After further development, in the 1980s it became the first Chinese-designed aircraft to be mass produced, with more than 2,000 made.[1]

In 1960, Tu was transferred to

Chengdu JJ-5. The plane was in production for 20 years, with more than 1,000 manufactured in total. It was the main trainer used in Chinese aviation schools, and more than 15,000 pilots received their training in the aircraft. It was also exported to more than ten countries.[1]

A Bangladesh Air Force F-7MB fighter

In 1969, Chengdu Aircraft took over the development of the J-7 fighter (also known as F-7) from Shenyang Aircraft, and Tu was again the chief designer. He developed the J-7I model in 1973, and then the J7-II with a greatly improved ejection seat system. In 1987, he developed the J-7M, which was exported to many countries. It was the only Chinese-made warplane that was competitive in the world market, and Tu was hailed as the "father of J-7" in official Chinese media.[1] He was also a professor and doctoral advisor at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[2]

Tu was awarded the

State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) in 1985.[2] In 1995, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[4]

Personal life

Tu had a son, Tu Zhengxing (屠征星), and a daughter, Tu Zhengyin (屠征音). According to his children, he devoted most of his time to work and spent little time with his family.[1]

Tu worked at the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group until the end of his life. In the Chinese New Year of 2011, he went to Shenzhen to spend the holiday with his family. He had a fall when in Shenzhen, and died on 16 February at the Shenzhen No. 6 People's Hospital, at the age of 83.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "歼7战机之父屠基达去世 一生成功设计5种飞机". CNTV (in Chinese). 20 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tu Jida". Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (in Chinese). 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "初教六之父屠基达：中国大飞机不能走桑塔纳之路". Phoenix News (in Chinese). 16 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "2011年2月16日 飞机设计专家屠基达逝世". Xinhua (in Chinese). 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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