| By Lizzy Adie, 19th June 2015. China have produced the world’s first passenger aircraft to gain an airworthiness certificate. In a news report, it said that the BX1E has a 14.5 meter wingspan, has a maximum payload of 230kilogram. “It can fly at an altitude of 3,000meters. The charging is completed within two hours, allowing a flight time of 45 minutes to one hour at a maximum speed of 160km per hour”. The report said, the plane was designed by Shenyang Aerospace University and Liaoning general aviation Academy in the North eastern Liaoning province. The first two aircraft were delivered to Liaoning Ruixiang General Aviation Co. Ltd on Thursday. It said that the aircraft could be used in pilot training, tourism, meteorology and rescue operation . Each sells for about one million yuan, approximately 163,000 dollars. The number of orders for the aircraft has reached 28. Credit to The Guardian. |
