Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: Ragwing on May 25, 2015, 04:14:50 AM
Title: Chinese Pilots to fight wildfires
Post by: Ragwing on May 25, 2015, 04:14:50 AM
Chinese pilots to train in Canada to fly new amphibious air tanker (AG600 TA-600)
Chinese pilots will be training in Canada to fly the new TA-600 amphibious aircraft now being built in China by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
The new Chinese aircraft will have a 3,000-gallon water capacity, four turboprop engines, can handle a wave height of two meters, and will have a maximum speed of 354 mph (570 kph, 308 knots). Maiden flight mid 2016
