Aviation
Aircraft
Brands
Learn to Fly
Others
Companies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_AeroSystems
Textron
Owns
- Cessna.
- Beechcraft.
- Pipistrel: electric aircraft. https://www.pipistrel-aircraft.com/.
- Bell: helicopter.
- Lycoming: engine.
Propellers
- Sensenich
- Hartzell: used on Cirrus SR22T.
- McCauley: https://mccauley.txtav.com/
Engine
- Lycoming
- Continental Aerospace Technologies, now part of AVIC
- Rotax
History
- 1903: The First Flight.
- 1919: 1st time fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1942: Spruce Goose. Called "Spruce" but it was made almost entirely of birch. Now in Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
- 1969-03-02: Concorde first flight.
- 2005-04-27: A380 first flight.
- 2007-10-15: A380 first delivery (Singapore Airlines).
- 2009-12-15: Boeing 787 first flight.
- 2011-09-26: Boeing 787 first delivery (ANA).
- 2021-12-16: A380 last delivery (123rd, to Emirates).
- 2022-12-09: C919 first delivery (China Eastern).
- 2023-01-31: B747 last delivery (N863GT, to Atlas Air).
Flight service
https://www.1800wxbrief.com/Website/home?desktop=true#!/
Flight Safety
General Aviation In China
Airspace is controlled by military. General aviation is not very developed in China, however some of companies are owned by China:
- Diamond: Chinese owned, Austria based.
- Cirrus: Chinese owned, US based.