The cold comes and the summer comes, the autumn harvest and the winter are hidden, and 2023 is about to come to an end. This year, looking at home and abroad, many new aircraft such as AG600M, AC332, and SJ-100 made their first flights. In 2023, which is destined to be "extraordinary", which models will complete their first flight?The first flight of the domestic model
On November 22, the Y-5B fire-fighting airworthiness verification aircraft carried four fire-extinguishing bombs for its first flight. The Y-5B fire-fighting aircraft is an aviation rescue equipment integrating "searching, inspecting, fighting, and transmitting", highlighting the characteristics of conventional patrol and "early, small, and fighting". The maximum bomb load state is 4 200-kilogram fire extinguishing bombs, and the single fire extinguishing area of a single machine is not less than 1200 square meters. 
On November 19, AVIC Jincheng unmanned system ***F120 vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing UAV successfully achieved the first flight of emergency communication test flight at Wuhan Jingmen Zhanghe Airport. The F120 achieves a signal coverage with a radius of 4 kilometers by attaching a mobile base station, which fully verifies the flight capability of the F120 flight platform to reach full load after weight reduction optimization. 
On August 26, the scientific research prototype of AC332***003 aircraft search and rescue configuration successfully made its first flight in Tianjin. On the basis of the basic type, the 003 aircraft is equipped with photoelectric pods, electric winch, search lights, aerial broadcasting and other equipment, which will be used in the emergency rescue market in the future to implement search and rescue tasks, and can be widely used in emergency rescue, plateau operations, marine operations and other fields. 
On July 26, the "Xinzhou" 60 fire extinguisher successfully completed the first test flight of the platform in Yanliang, Xi'an. The "Xinzhou" 60 fire extinguisher is a large and medium-sized fixed-wing aviation firefighting aircraft with independent intellectual property rights and developed in strict accordance with the airworthiness standards of the CCAR-25 department. 
On April 7, the four-ton advanced twin-engine multi-purpose mascobird "AC332" newly developed by AVIC Hafei successfully completed its first flight in all states. Under the take-off and landing conditions of 4,500 meters above sea level and standard atmosphere (ISA) +25, the AC332 can achieve the "three 6s" excellent goal of flying altitude of 6,000 meters, range of 600 kilometers and carrying 600 kilograms. 
On February 25, the fourth large-scale firefighting and water rescue amphibious aircraft "Kunlong" AG600M, independently developed by the aviation industry, made its first successful flight in Zhuhai, Guangdong. A total of four new configuration fire extinguishers were put into production, and the first flight of the fourth "Kunlong" AG600M marked that the development batch of AG600M has fully entered the airworthiness certification test flight. The first flight of a foreign model
On December 15, the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the Indian Ministry of Defense successfully completed the 7th and first test flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator (Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator) at the Chitradurga Aviation Test Site in Karnataka, India. 
On November 12, local time, Elroy Air, a San Francisco-based startup, completed the first flight of the cargo drone Chaparral C1. The Chaparral C1 took off vertically and successfully landed after 57 seconds in the air. Capable of carrying 136 kg of cargo over a distance of 482 km, the Chaparral C1 is the first drone to use turbo-generator hybrid electric vertical take-off and landing technology. 
On November 10, the B-21, a new generation of stealth strategic bomber of the United States, completed its first flight. The test flight was carried out by two pilots from the U.S. Air Force Test Center and the 412th Test Wing, and the aircraft departed from Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale Air Force Base and flew to Edward Air Force Base. The performance of the flight test test includes bomber range, strike capability and stability. 
On November 1, the long-range wide-body aircraft Il-96-400M, developed by Russia, successfully made its first flight. The Il-96-400M is an upgraded version of the Il-96-300 with a 9-longer fuselage35 meters, the engine is more powerful, and can carry 370 passengers. The maiden flight lasted 26 minutes, reached an altitude of 2,000 meters, and reached a top speed of 390 kilometers per hour.
On October 27, Turkey's Bayraktar TB3 UAV announced the completion of the first flight of its Bayraktar TB3 drone. The TB3 drone has a wingspan of about 14 meters and a length of about 835 meters, with a maximum take-off weight of 1450 kg and a payload of about 280 kg, compared to the TB2 UAV's maximum take-off weight of 750 kg and a payload of 130 kg, the size and performance have been significantly improved.
On August 29, the Russian domestic aircraft SJ-100 successfully made its first flight. The flight lasted 54 minutes, and the test flight altitude reached an altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level and a speed of 343 kilometers per hour. The prototype of the first flight is still equipped with the PowerJet SAM146 engine jointly developed by Russia and France, and the future production model will use the Russian-made **IADVIGATEL PD-8 engine.
On June 28, Boeing completed the first flight of the T-7A with the U.S. Air Force. The T-7A Red Hawk is the only digital, next-generation trainer on the market with military certification and the low-cost needs of modern training. Its digital design enables the cost-effective integration of advanced training capabilities, dramatically improving pilot training for the next generation of fighter and bomber pilots. 2023 is coming to an end, and we look forward to more planes "soaring" in 2024!(Reporter Li You).
This article ** from: Flying Bang.
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