Xian MA60
The MA60 (新舟60, Xinzhou 60, "Modern Ark 60") is a turboprop-powered airliner made by China's Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under the China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC I). The plane was first tested in 1993, and given its navigability certificate in 1998 from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. A year later, two MA60s were put into operation by Chang'an Airlines.
Domestic customers include China's Wuhan Airlines and Sichuan Airlines. Foreign purchasers include Zimbabwe.
Specifications (MA60)
General characteristics
- Crew: two pilots
- Capacity: up to 60 passengers
- Length: 24.31 m (81 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 29.20 m (95 ft 11 in)
- Height: 8.89 m (10 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 75 m² (807 ft²)
- Empty: 14,030 kg (30,864 lb)
- Loaded: 21,800 kg (48,060 lb)
- Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
- Powerplant: 2x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127J turboprops, kW ( shp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: km/h ( mph)
- Range: 1,600 km (1,000 miles)
- Service ceiling: m ( ft)
- Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
- Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)
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Related development: Antonov An-24
Comparable aircraft: ATR 72
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