Chinese made seaplanes to be exported to UAE



Jiangsu Hengchuan Group in China signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 17 seaplanes worth billions of U.S. dollars, according to Department of Commerce of Jiangsu province.

The seaplanes will be delivered in May 2011 and they will be completely produced by Chinese enterprises. China also owns the independent intellectual property rights.

As a new kind of high-speed transportation that is a cross between a plane and a boat, seaplanes can take off and land on highways, as well as on the sea surface.

It can fly 0.5 meters above the water surface at the lowest altitude, and at 1,000 meters as the highest.

Seaplanes can reach the speed of 180 kilometers per hour, and its anti-resistance capacity is several times higher than that of common planes.

By People's Daily Online

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90...84/6906187.html

The whole package is worth 1 billion yuan, approximately 150 million dollars. It is definitely not worth billions of dollars.

true, this version is only 6 seats per seaplane. $8.8 million each copy is still expensive without parts and service included in the package.
K-8 trainer and J-7M are sold at half of the price above.

Any details of who bought it in UAE ? I meant govt.of private enterprise ?