Xian MA60

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name= Xian MA60


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type= Turboprop airliner
manufacturer=Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under the China Aviation Industry Corporation I
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The Xian MA60 (新舟60, "Xīnzhōu 60", "Modern Ark 60") is a turboprop-powered airliner made by China's Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under the China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I). The MA60 is a stretched version of the Xi'an Y7-200A and a close copy of the An-26 cargo plane. The plane was first tested in 1993, and given its airworthiness certificate in 1998 from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. A year later, two MA60s were put into operation by Chang'an Airlines.

Variants

* MA60 : Twin-engined airliner.
* MA60-MPA : Proposed military patrol version.

Airline orders

As of October 2006, XAC has received over 90 MA60 orders. The factory had delivered 23 MA60s by the end of 2006, and expects to deliver an additional 165 units by the end of 2016. [Aviation Week & Space Technology, 29 October 2007 issue, p. 66, "Commercial Transport Update"]

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* Okay Airways has signed a letter of intent for 30 Xian MA60 aircraft. Once the order is confirmed, delivery schedules will follow [Airliner World January 2007] .

Domestic customers include:; flag|China
* Wuhan Airlines
* Sichuan Airlines

Foreign purchasers include:; flagicon|Bolivia (2)Bolivia ; flagicon|Indonesia Indonesia
* (3) Merpati Nusantara Airlines; flagicon|Laos Laos
* (4) Lao Airlines; flagicon|Zambia Zambia
* (1) Zambian Air Force; flagicon|Congo Republic of Congo
* (1) to unknown carrier; flagicon|Zimbabwe Zimbabwe.
* (3) Air Zimbabwe

pecifications (MA60)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=two pilots
capacity=60 passengers
length main=24.31 m
length alt=81 ft 0 in
span main=29.20 m
span alt=95 ft 11 in
height main=8.89 m
height alt=10 ft 2 in
area main=75 m²
area alt=807 ft²
empty weight main=14,030 kg
empty weight alt=30,864 lb
max takeoff weight main=21,800 kg
max takeoff weight alt=48,060 lb

engine (prop)=Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127J, rated at 2750 shp (2052 kW) (2)
type of prop=turboprops
number of props=2
power main= 2,148 kW
power alt= 2,880 shp

max speed main= 514 km/h
max speed alt= 278 KTAS
range main= 1,430Km (Range 56pax@198Ib/90kg (reserve: 185 km + 45min., ISA )
range alt= 775 nm
ceiling main=7,622 m
ceiling alt=25,000 ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
power/mass main= kW/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb
* Taking off altitude limitation= 2400 meters above sea level.

ee also

* Shanghai Y-10 - by Shanghai Aircraft Manufacture Factory

* ACAC ARJ21

External links

* [http://en-1.ce.cn/Industries/Aerospare/200412/21/t20041221_2625991.shtml China Economic net article]
* [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200003/13/eng20000313T111.html People's Daily description]
* [http://www.ma60.com/ MA60 Homepage]

References

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