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The world's largest amphibious aircraft, China's AG600, has made a successful one-hour maiden flight.
The plane, roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines, lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong.
The plane can carry 50 people and can stay airborne for 12 hours.
It has firefighting and marine rescue duties but also military applications, which could be put to use in the disputed South China Sea region. The AG600, codenamed Kunlong, can reach the southernmost edge of China's territorial claims in the area.
State media Xinhua described the plane as "protector spirit of the sea, islands and reefs".
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 25 2017, @09:55PM (1 child)
Except that you can't because sea state is usually too high. We needn't go into the corrosion problems.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday December 25 2017, @10:07PM
Yes, you needn't go into corrosion problems. Solved problem long ago.
http://www.aluminum.org/sites/default/files/Aluminum_at_Sea.pdf [aluminum.org]
What do you think they make aircraft floats out of?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.