Aviation

Aircraft

Brands

Learn to Fly

Others

Companies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_AeroSystems

Textron

Owns

Propellers

Engine

  • Lycoming
  • Continental Aerospace Technologies, now part of AVIC
  • Rotax

History

  • 1903: The First Flight.
  • 1919: 1st time fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1942: Spruce Goose. Called "Spruce" but it was made almost entirely of birch. Now in Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
  • 1969-03-02: Concorde first flight.
  • 2005-04-27: A380 first flight.
  • 2007-10-15: A380 first delivery (Singapore Airlines).
  • 2009-12-15: Boeing 787 first flight.
  • 2011-09-26: Boeing 787 first delivery (ANA).
  • 2021-12-16: A380 last delivery (123rd, to Emirates).
  • 2022-12-09: C919 first delivery (China Eastern).
  • 2023-01-31: B747 last delivery (N863GT, to Atlas Air).

Flight service

https://www.1800wxbrief.com/Website/home?desktop=true#!/

Flight Safety

https://www.flightsafety.com/

General Aviation In China

Airspace is controlled by military. General aviation is not very developed in China, however some of companies are owned by China:

  • Diamond: Chinese owned, Austria based.
  • Cirrus: Chinese owned, US based.