China-made unmanned plane makes maiden flight
( 2003-12-26 16:44) (Xinhua)
A China-made multi-function
unmanned plane made its maiden flight Friday in Southwest China's Guizhou
Province.
The flight was carried out at Shuangyang Airport in Anshun City in central
Guizhou, 91 kilometers from the provincial capital Guiyang.
The new generation of unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) can be used for border
patrol, disaster control and monitoring, remote sensing, meteorological
surveying and geological prospecting, experts say.
The plane was designed and manufactured by China's Guizhou Aviation Industry
Group Company, which started to work on the new generation of UAVs in 1999.
Two weeks ago, the Guizhou company rolled out a new type of trainer plane,
the "Shanying", or Mountain Eagle.
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