COMAC's electric aircraft completes first piloted test flight
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China's first domestically developed 10-metric-ton-class electric commercial aircraft, the CE-25A, completed its first piloted test flight in Binzhou, East China's Shandong…
Saturday's flight followed the aircraft's first unmanned autonomous test flight on Feb 2. COMAC said the CE-25A completed 19 unmanned autonomous flight tests during its development.
The aircraft is being jointly developed by COMAC, Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and other domestic partners.
The aircraft is being developed in accordance with China’s CCAR-25 airworthiness regulations for transport-category aircraft, which also apply to large commercial passenger aircraft.
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