Shanghai Y-10
The Shanghai Y-10 was a four-engine passenger plane from the Chinese manufacturer Shanghai Aircraft (now Shanghai Aviation Industrial Company). Development began in August 1970, the first flight was held in 1980. In 1983 the project was stopped and parked the only flyable prototype in 1984.
History
After the relations with the West had improved, the People's Republic of China acquired in 1972 Boeing 707 At the same time the state gave a comparable model in order that should get along as possible without foreign components. They wanted to demonstrate the performance of Chinese industry and gain experience in the construction of large aircraft.
The Y-10 was outwardly very similar to the Boeing 707, initially in their engine Pratt & Whitney JT3D - 7 because the newly developed Shanghai WS8 turbo fans had not received approval. The maximum capacity was 178 passengers, at normal seating they fell to 124 passengers. The cockpit crew consisted of five people.
Two prototypes were built. The first was only used for static tests. The second copy was intended for the test flights and first flew on 26 September 1980. Prior to his withdrawal in 1984 it completed 130 flights with a total of 170 hours of flight time. The development costs amounted to 537.7 million yuan. The machine with the B- 0002 is now on the edge of the Dachang Airbase (Chinese:上海 大 场 机场, Pinyin: Shànghǎi Dachang Jichang ) near Shanghai.
After the first flight of a debate about the purpose of the project was created. The Y-10 was based on a now thirty year old design. The promoters of the top political were now superseded by new, less isolationist -minded people.
In 1983 the project was canceled. The reason for the high development costs and market limitations of the model were used. 1985 began with the manufacturer of the licensed production of the McDonnell Douglas MD- 80th