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Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: Ragwing on July 25, 2016, 06:56:10 PM

Title: China unvails 'world's largest seaplane'
Post by: Ragwing on July 25, 2016, 06:56:10 PM

China's state-run news agency Xinhu announced that the amphibious AG600 is about the size of a Boeing 737 and will be used to fight forest fires and perform marine rescue operations.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/24/asia/china-worlds-largest-seaplane/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/24/asia/china-worlds-largest-seaplane/index.html)

(http://www.avic.com/en/upload/Image/mrtp/3942505096.jpg)

Title: Re: China unvails 'world's largest seaplane'
Post by: Baradium on July 26, 2016, 10:23:25 PM

That's big... but still not the largest seaplane.   Maybe the biggest PRODUCTION seaplane though. 

Title: Re: China unvails 'world's largest seaplane'
Post by: Mike on August 26, 2016, 10:15:55 PM

also: why does this look like photoshop to me? ...

Title: Re: China unvails 'world's largest seaplane'
Post by: Baradium on August 28, 2016, 05:44:08 AM

Quote from: Mike on August 26, 2016, 10:15:55 PM

also: why does this look like photoshop to me? ...

Because it hasn't gone into service yet.  They just finished the airframe and it hadn't even flown.

Title: Re: China unvails 'world's largest seaplane'
Post by: Mike on September 12, 2016, 09:55:29 AM

not much of an "unvailing" then, is it?!
LOL

 ::rofl::