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Fri, 04/18/2014 - 10:44
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Russia, China advance quite far in creating joint long-haul airplane

VLADIVOSTOK, April 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and China have advanced quite far in a project of creating a joint wide-body, long-haul airplane, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told reporters after a meeting of the co-chairs of the Russian-Chinese committee for preparation of regular meetings of the prime ministers in this Russian far eastern city on Friday. Detailed design variants of the project and plans to set up a joint venture were presented at the meeting, the deputy prime minister said. Rogozin noted that this was a strategic project for Russia which already does not need any additional explanations now. “Today a detailed design of the project was submitted. There are some variants of it,” the deputy premier said, adding that “A working project of a joint venture was produced.” In the view of Rogozin, creation of this airliner would allow bringing domestic aircraft-building industry on a new level. “If the project is implemented, I do not doubt that this will be so, but in general this may open up access for us to production of a series of airplanes of different classes, but on a basis of modularity,” Rogozin added. He noted that it was possible already now to say about bringing the aircraft-building of the two countries closer. The future of another aviation project that envisages creation of a heavy helicopter was also discussed at the meeting. Concrete changes were introduced for developers, Rogozin noted. Learn more on itar-tass.com

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