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Hongdu Aviation Industry (Group) Corporation (Chinese: 洪都航空) (formerly China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation or CNAMC) is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and supplier to the Chinese military. It is based in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province and is part of the China Aviation Industry Corporation II consortium.
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History
The company was founded in 1951 as the state-run Hongdu Machinery-building Factory and later as the Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation.[1] On March 1998 the company's name was changed to Hongdu Aviation Industry (Group) Corporation.[2]
Products
Attackers
- Q-5 "Fantan"(exported under the designation A-5) - single-seat dual-engined supersonic attack aircraft based on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19.
- Q-6 - A variable sweep-winged attacker, similar to Mig-23BN, cancelled
Cancelled Fighters
- J-12 - a 1970 Chinese lightweight supersonic fighter, Development abandoned in 1977. Only Prototypes built .
Trainers
- CJ-5 tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft - variant of Yak-18 (1958)
- CJ-6 - basic and advanced trainer, similar to the Yakovlev Yak-18.
- NAMC/PAC K-8 - two seat basic trainer
- Hongdu JL-8 2 seat trainer
- L-15 supersonic trainer
Utility
- Hongdu N-5 multi-use agriculture & forest aircraft
Helicopters
- MD500E light and multi-purpose helicopter
- MD520N light and multi-purpose helicopter
- MD530F light and multi-purpose helicopter
- MD600N single-turbine engine helicopter, stretched version of MD600
Confirmation is needed that these helicopters are actually built by this corporation. Note: They definitely are not.
Transport
- Yun-5 (Y-5) light utility/transport biplane
Vehicles
- Chang Jiang 750cc sidecar motorcycles derived from Soviet copies of the 1938 BMW R71
See also
- Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation
- Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group
- China Aviation Industry Corporation
- ACAC consortium
- Guizhou Aircraft Industry Co.
- Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Shanghai Aviation Industrial Company
- Shanxi Aircraft Company
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
- Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
- People's Liberation Army Air Force
References
- ^ "Enterprise Brief Introduction" (in English). http://www.hongdu.com.cn/yw/gsjs/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^ Mondey, David (2000). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Quantum. pp. 296.
External links
- Official Hongdu Aviation Industry Group Website (English)
- 洪都航空工业集团 (Chinese)
- Introduction on the website of Federation of American Scientists
Aircraft manufacturers of ChinaACAC consortium • Aviation Industry Corporation of China • Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company • Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group • China Aviation Industry Corporation I • China Aviation Industry Corporation II • COMAC • Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation • Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation • Hongdu Aviation Industry Group • Naval Air Establishment • Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation • Shandong Bin Ao Aircraft Industries • Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory • Shenyang Aircraft Corporation • Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited • Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation • Xi'an Aircraft International CorporationCategories:- Helicopter manufacturers of China
- Aircraft manufacturers of China
- Defence companies of the People's Republic of China
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