As big as a Boeing 737, China’s AG600 can collect 12 tons of water from lake or sea in 20 seconds and drop it over an area of 4,000 square metres.
amphibious aircraft
One of a trio dubbed ‘The Three Musketeers’, supersize plane has been designed for emergency rescues, fighting forest fires and marine patrolling.
China has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country’s program to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of the new planes, dubbed the AG600, Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai, the […]
