Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory Y-10
Aircraft Category
D
Purpose or Role in Game
First Chinese Jetliner, Milestone Prototype Aircraft
Why should this aircraft be added?
A historical first for China, being their first jetliner. It is an important milestone for the Chinese aviation industry and would be a unique historical aircraft.
Airlines that use it
Shanghai Aircraft Research Institute, CAAC (Intended)
Special characteristics or variants
Boeing 707 lookalike, it is more around the size of the 720. Three prototypes were created, the first for static testing, the second for flight testing, and the third for fatigue testing.
Between the first flight and retirement, it had 170 hours flight time over 130 flights.
After the normalization of Sino US relations, China attempted to acquire Western technology through cooperation. The cooperation project of McDonnell Douglas is regarded as a “technological springboard”, but in reality, only low-end assembly capabilities are obtained, and core technology is still blocked. For example, although the McDonnell Douglas 90 project achieved a 70% localization rate, it was terminated due to Boeing’s acquisition of McDonnell Douglas, resulting in the idle of $500 million in raw materials and equipment invested by China. This reliance on external technology ultimately proved unsustainable. At the same time, the international aviation market has been monopolized by Boeing and Airbus, and the Y-10 is facing enormous competitive pressure. The United States further compresses its market space by restricting China’s aviation rights and other means. Without national strategic support, it is difficult for Yun10 to break through international technological barriers.
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