C919 Passenger plane maiden voyage

[zack1234]

Well done China on its new passenger plane

I dont know about the French engines its using though?

[DaveBB]

Post a picture of the plane.

[Vraciu]

Well done China on its new passenger plane

I dont know about the French engines its using though?

Amazing what you can do with stolen tech. 

[colmbo]

Post a picture of the plane.

Ok

[colmbo]

It looks a little bit like an Airbus.

[Vraciu]

It looks a little bit like an Airbus.

The Chinese Bus.

[nrshida]

Ok

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Where's the sight for the rear-firing cannon?

[zack1234]

Amazing what you can do with stolen tech.

Stolen?

[Zimme83]

Stolen?

Boeing and Airbus also use stolen engines. 

[Vraciu]

Stolen?

Yes.  China in general, and its aerospace industry in particular (though it has competition for the title), is notorious for corporate espionage/intellectual property theft.

I wouldn't be caught dead on any airplane crewed by their pilots nor designed and built by their industry.   The horror stories I could tell...

There's a reason their "indigenous" ERJ/EBJ program (Harbin) was terminated
--and it had nothing to do with the jet itself.

[Zimme83]

Yes.  China in general, and its aerospace industry in particular (though it has competition for the title), is notorious for corporate espionage. 

I wouldn't be caught dead on any airplane crewed by their pilots nor designed and built by their industry.   The horror stories I could tell...

There's a reason their "indigenous" ERJ/EBJ program (Harbin) was terminated
--and it had nothing to do with the jet.

Lol. No the engines are bought from France (soon built in China). Legally. They also intend to offer P&W engines.
 
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/cfm-to-build-leap-x-engine-in-china-after-c919-deal-336431/

The engines is a project between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines in France (formerly SNECMA). Both of them know how to build aircraft engines so I see no reason to believe that it's a bad engine. It will also be offered on both A320-series and B-737.

[zack1234]

Yes.  China in general, and its aerospace industry in particular (though it has competition for the title), is notorious for corporate espionage/intellectual property theft.

I wouldn't be caught dead on any airplane crewed by their pilots nor designed and built by their industry.   The horror stories I could tell...

There's a reason their "indigenous" ERJ/EBJ program (Harbin) was terminated
--and it had nothing to do with the jet itself.

We make big macs in the UK.

[Vraciu]

We make big macs in the UK.

    Espionage!   

[Brooke]

China has a well-documented history of corporate espionage.

So did the Soviet Union, such as with the Concordski as one example.

[Toad]

Slogan contest:
For example:

"If it's not Boeing, I'm not going"

This C919 is from COMAC.

Take your best shots