China-made Large Amphibious Aircraft Completes First Water Takeoff

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China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft AG600 completed its first water takeoff and landing in Jingmen city in central province of Hubei Saturday morning.

The AG600, codenamed Kunlong, is designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft. It completed its maiden flight in December 2017.

The AG600 is powered by four domestically built turboprop engines and has a range of 12 hours. It will be mainly used for maritime rescue, fighting forest fires and marine monitoring.

It can carry 50 people during search-and-rescue missions, collect 12 tonnes of water in 20 seconds for firefighting and transport up to 370 tonnes of water on a single tank of fuel.

Its name "Kunlong" represents high expectation in Chinese culture, with the "kun" meaning an enormous legendary fish and "long" a dragon.

The AG600 is the third member of China's "large aircraft family" following the large freighter Y-20 and large passenger aircraft C919, which made maiden flights in 2013 and 2017, respectively.

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Nobody have to worry about plane crash throughout the sea as it has the ability to float on water.

michaelaarontyler
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Congrats 🇨🇳 good job AG600 looking great👍✈️

ptong
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Engine and wing constructions are from a soviet An-12 plane - great use for it.

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I wish there would be Passenger amphibious aircrafts and airlines.

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FUCK YEAH now I want too see them land it like baloo in the cartoon Tailspin!!!

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