22.12.2025, 15:34
Der bislang etwas nebulöse mittlere Transporter Y-30, eine mit vier Turboprops ausgestattete Maschine, wurde anscheinend erstmals im Flug gesehen. Das Muster - ein erstes Modell wurde 2014 von der Shaanxi Aircraft Group vorgestellt - erinnert ein wenig an den A 400M, ist aber etwas kleiner als dieser; die Zuladungsmenge wird zumeist mit 66.000 Pfund (rund 30 Tonnen) angegeben.
Schneemann
Zitat:China’s New Medium Airlifter Has Flown for the First Timehttps://theaviationist.com/2025/12/16/ch...has-flown/
A long-rumored medium-class airlifter was seen flying for the first time at the XAC airfield (Xi’an Aircraft Corporation) in the city of Xi’an in Central China. Low-quality images that have started to circulate online show an aircraft that is largely similar to models of a “New Medium Transport” aircraft shown by AVIC (AViation Industry corporation of China) in the past, suggesting that the type has entered the flight testing phase. [...]
The new aircraft is powered by four turboprop engines and appears to be considerably smaller than the A400M, despite the two sharing a broadly similar external configuration. It is unclear what exact engine the new aircraft is fitted with, but it is likely to be a variant of the WJ-6 (which also powers other platforms such as the KJ-600, Y-8, and Y-9 alongside Special Mission variants of the aircraft), considering that the engines feature four six-bladed propellers.
Schneemann