COMAC C919 completes flight tests
Yanliang theater command of C919 flight test on-site integrated command held a summary meeting at Weinan Huashan Airport in Shaanxi province on the occasion of the successful completion of all the flight tests by six C919 flight test aircraft on July 19th, 2022.
It was emphasized at the meeting that the six C919 flight test aircraft had completed all the flight tests, marking that the certification of C919 aircraft had entered the end phase, and all-out efforts for certification had begun. This is a crucial staged success of C919 program achieved under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core; is the result of the full support of relevant national ministries and commissions such as Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and China Meteorological Administration (CMA), as well as local governments such as Shanghai, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Jiangxi and Inner Mongolia; is the result of concerted and close cooperation among the units participating in the development and test, such as Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) and Chinese Flight Test Establishment (CFTE); and is also the result of the hard work of all scientific and technological workers in days and nights for more than five years.
At the meeting, a congratulatory letter from the Party Committee of COMAC was read, the process of flight test of C919 aircraft was reviewed and summarized, and exchanges and speeches were made by relevant representatives including test pilots and flight test engineers. Officers of MIIT, Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China (MOF), CAAC and CFTE, Mr. Zhao Yuerang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of COMAC, Mr. Zhao Jiufang, Member of Standing Committee of the Party Committee of COMAC and Secretary of Commission for Discipline Inspection of COMAC, Mr. Wei Yingbiao, Member of Standing Committee of the Party Committee of COMAC, Vice President of COMAC, and General Director of C919 Flight Test On-Site Integrated Command, and related personnel of COMAC headquarters, subordinate units and C919 program team attended the meeting.
