Tag: Amphibious Aircraft

Beijing: China’s home-grown amphibious aircraft AG600, claimed by Beijing as the world’s largest, carried out its first take-off and landing on waters on Saturday. Developed and built by the state-owned aircraft giant Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the seaplane took off from the Zhanghe Reservoir in Jingmen, Hubei’s province, at 8.51 a.m., and stayed airborne […]

Beijing: China’s first indigenous amphibious aircraft, believed to be the world’s largest, completed its maiden flight on Sunday, taking off from Zhuhai, the coastal city off the disputed South China Sea. China is engaged in the military build-up and the successful flight by the aircraft will add to Beijing’s might as it grows assertive in […]