Chinese AG600 amphibian in test flights

China’s indigenously- designed amphibious aircraft AG600 Kunlong, developed by the Aviation Industry Corporations of China and certainly the largest in the world, carried out further tests on 20 October, taking off from the Zhanghe Reservoir and landing at Jingmen in Hubei province. Earlier it had carried out high speed water taxiing trials.

The AG600 is powered by four indigenously-built turboprop engines and with an endurance of 12 hours, this amphibian aircraft will be employed for maritime search & rescue, fighting of forest fires and maritime reconnaissance.