Domestic amphibious aircraft AG600 'obtained approval' and officially entered the flight test stage for certification by the authority

This site’s news on July 23. According to CCTV News citing the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, today (July 23), my country’s independently developed large-scale amphibious aircraft AG600 received the AG600 aircraft certification issued by the China Civil Aviation Airworthiness Certification Center. The first Type Inspection Approval (TIA) marks that this type of aircraft has officially entered the certification and test flight stage of the authority, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent completion of airworthiness certification of the AG600.

1. AG600 amphibious aircraft

• The world’s largest amphibious aircraft under development
• Independently developed in China
• Single hull, cantilevered monoplane layout
• Optional four WJ6 engines
• Top three Point-retractable landing gear

2. Mission performance

• Forest fire extinguishing: 12,000 kilograms of water can be drawn within 20 seconds, and water can be dropped multiple times
• Water rescue: The minimum stable flight altitude is 50 meters, Parked on the water to rescue 50 people

3. Important significance

• Meet the urgent needs of forest fire fighting and water rescue
• The construction of the national emergency rescue system is urgently needed
• Improve the supply capacity and level of domestic civil aircraft
• Improve the civil aircraft research and development system and airworthiness capabilities
• Improve the capabilities of my country's emergency rescue aviation equipment system

4. Progress

• Has completed verification tests such as water rescue, firefighting missions, high cold, and night flights
• Plans to obtain airworthiness certificate by the end of this year

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