The first aircraft in China developed by a private company, the Guanyi GA20, has undergone a successful test flight in Zhejiang Province, reports thepaper.cn.

 

中国第一架由私营公司研发的飞机“冠一GA20”在浙江省成功试飞。
 

 

Developed by Shanghai-based Guanyi General Aviation, the GA20 is a four-seat, single-prop design.

 

As part of Monday's 57-minute test flight, the GA20 conducted a stall test, a stability test and controllability test.

 

Guanyi General Aviation is going to have to conduct as many as 300 test flights before the GA20 can be certified¹ by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

 

Guanyi says it expects to conclude its certification sometime in 2020, with 5 additional test aircraft currently being built.

 

The company says it hopes to manufacture as many as 200 GA20s per-year by 2022.

 

It's going to be marketed for flight training, personal use and sight-seeing.

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