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Comac C919: First medium-sized Chinese built airliner takes flight

Comac C919:First medium-sized Chinese built airliner takes flight The first medium-sized airliner built in China has taken off on its maiden flight. It’s designed to meet soaring demand for air travel there and challenge the worldwide dominance of Airbus and Boeing. Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Beijing. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ A tour of China’s first big passenger jet – the C919

Mach 5 aircraft technology | The Edge

Mach 5 aircraft technology would enable flight times of 4.5 hours from Europe to Australia. CNBC goes behind the scenes with the latest innovators to find out more Subscribe to CNBC International: http://bit.ly/1eiWsDq Teams in Oxford, U.K., and Boston, U.S., are working on new designs for plane engines, with the potential to create a “very high-speed aircraft” and take fuel out of the equation altogether. CNBC takes a look at both options. Scimitar is a prototype jet engine from UK-based Reaction Engines. Developers tell CNBC that the experimental apparatus can extend the speed, the power, and the range of existing systems by up to 5 times the speed of sound. […]

Honda Jet Aircraft | The Edge

0 Honda Jet Aircraft is the new business jet from Honda. CNBC’s Kaori Enjoli speaks to Honda to find out more about the new airplane. Subscribe to CNBC International: http://bit.ly/1eiWsDq CNBC catches up with Michimasa Fujino, president and CEO of Honda Aircraft, to learn more about the group’s new business jet, which can fly higher, faster and is more fuel-efficient than its competitors. CNBC.com for more great clips: http://cnb.cx/1o2BRDO CNBC International playlist: http://bit.ly/1u34e9a Like us on CNBC’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/cnbc Follow us on CNBC’s Twitter accounts Tweets by cnbcworld https://twitter.com/CNBC