Shanghai Y-10 Chinese Airliner [English Subtitles]

The Y-10 is an aircraft with an interesting story, and its history can shed some light on China’s current attempts at designing their own airliners. You can read up on the Y-10 here: Basically, it was a truly indigenous design except for its engines, which were recycled from a Boeing 707. (China still has trouble designing jet engines.) However, the old, inefficient engines as well as the 5-man flight crew meant it could not compete with western aircraft being in