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China launches its own first helicopter for civilian use

Beijing, China - All the required tests have been passed

Z-11 has been designed, planned and constructed entirely in China by Changhe Aircraft Industries Group and turns out to be the greatest Chinese effort to equip itself with an helicopter for civil use. Indeed, it's good to remember, China possesses only 90 helicopters for civil use which have been imported by other nations, with costs, as it can be imagined, very high. Just in these days Z-11 has...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 37828
Rome, Italy, 12/24/2002 12:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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