Chinese Y-20 Transport Plane Makes Maiden Flight

Y-20 on its Maiden Flight China’s first indigenously developed heavy transport aircraft, the Y-20, has successfully conducted its maide...

Y-20 on its Maiden Flight

China’s first indigenously developed heavy transport aircraft, the Y-20, has successfully conducted its maiden test flight on January 26.
The Y-20 is developed by Xi’an Aircraft Industry, a subsidiary of China’s leading military aircraft maker, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
Y-20 is large wide-body, four-turbofan engine-powered, high-wing and high T-tail configured military transport.

The Y-20 uses a wing-fuselage interface similar to that used by the Il-76, producing a pronounced hump atop the forward fuselage, while its wide body, empennage, and T-tail are similar to the Boeing C-17.
Prototype aircraft is powered by a Russian Saturn D-30K series turbofan engine and the production models would debut a Chinese indigenous engines.