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Shaanxi Y-8 of PLA Air Force on 2012. Design of the aircraft was completed by February 1972. Major features of the Y-8 included a glazed nose and tail turret derived from that of the H-6 bomber, [2] [3] a roller-type palletized-cargo-handling device instead of the overhead conveyor, and a gaseous oxygen system as opposed to a liquid oxygen system.
The aircraft had departed from Myeik for Yangon at 13:06 local time (06:36 UTC). [1] At 13:35, communication was lost with the aircraft when it was 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Dawei. [2] The aircraft was flying at 18,000 feet (5,500 m) at the time. A search and rescue operation was launched in the Andaman Sea.
The Shaanxi Y-9 (Chinese: 运-9; pinyin: Yùn-9) is a medium military transport aircraft produced by Shaanxi Aircraft Company in China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a stretched and upgraded development of the Shaanxi Y-8 F. [ 3 ]
The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) was formed as the Burmese Air Force on 16 January 1947, while Burma (as Myanmar was known until 1989) was still under British rule.By 1948, the fleet of the new air force included 40 Airspeed Oxfords, 16 de Havilland Tiger Moths, four Austers, and three Supermarine Spitfires transferred from the Royal Air Force, and had a few hundred personnel.
The latest Y8-F600 is a joint venture between the Shaanxi Aircraft Company, Antonov Aeronautical Scientific Technical Complex (ASTC), and Pratt & Whitney Canada. The Y8-F600 has a redesigned fuselage, western avionics, PW150B turboprop engines with an R-408 propeller system, and a two-crew glass cockpit. [5]
Y8 may refer to: Shaanxi Y-8, a Chinese transport aircraft KJ-200, also known as by the NATO reporting name "Moth" or "Y-8 Balance Beam" is a Chinese Airborne early warning and control aircraft. LNER Class Y8, a class of British steam locomotives; Yangtze River Express, a IATA airline designator
The platform of this aircraft is based on the Shaanxi Y-8F-600 and it has been reported that Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150B turboprops and Honeywell avionics have been incorporated. The general designer of the KJ-200 is Ouyang Shaoxiu (欧阳绍修), [2] the same general designer of the Y-8. According to Ouyang the KJ-200 has been significantly ...
Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (Chinese: 陕飞集团; pinyin: Shǎnfēi Jítuán) is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and supplier to the Chinese military based in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province. It is a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).