Harbin Y-11

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Harbin Y-11
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General information
Typeutility aircraft
Manufacturer Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
Designer
StatusOut of production
Primary user CAAC Airlines
Number builtca. 50 [1]
History
First flightDecember 30, 1975 [1]

The Harbin Y-11 (NATO reporting name Chan) is a high wing twin-engine piston utility and geological survey aircraft built by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC). [1]

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Development

Y-11 at Beijing Civil Aviation Museum Harbin Y-11.jpg
Y-11 at Beijing Civil Aviation Museum

A requirement for a twin-engined light utility transport was issued by the Chinese government in November 1974. The Y-11 was proposed in April 1974, and the design was begun in January 1975. Design of the Y-11, under Xiong Wenjie, was completed at Harbin in June 1975 and prototype construction started immediately. The static test article completed its test cycle on 19 December 1975 and the first flight of the prototype followed soon after on 30 December 1975. Production started on 3 April 1977 with at least fifty aircraft known to have been built before production stopped in favour of the Harbin Y-12. [1]

Variants

Operators

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Former Operators

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Incidents And Accidents

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83 [2]

General characteristics

Performance

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. Chinese Aircraft. Hikoki Publications. Manchester. 2008. ISBN   978-1-902109-04-6
  2. Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1982. pp. 39–40. ISBN   0-7106-0748-2.