Naval Air Establishment
The Naval Air Establishment was a division of the Chinese Navy established in 1918 in Mamoi to develop seaplanes for maritime reconnaissance, training, and torpedo-bombing. It was transferred to Shanghai in 1931.[1]
Organization
Products
Early aircraft produced by the NAE were made of timber and fabric with assistance of foreign designers. Aircraft produced include:
- Chiang Hung[1] (1930) - 2 or 3 seat touring plane and reconnaissance aircraft
- Chiang Hau[1] (1932) - powered with single 165 hp Wright Whirlwind engine
- Chiang Gaen[1]
- Nin Hai[1]
- DH.6 like seaplane
- Beeng[1] (1918?)- tractor biplane/float fighter bomber with single 360 hp prop engine
- Char[1] 1918 - 2 seat primary trainer seaplane
- Ding[1] (1934) - 2 seat bombing/torpedo seaplane using a single 360 hp Rolls Royce engine
- Wu[1] (1918?) - general purpose observation aircraft
- Yee[1] (1918?) - 2 seat advance trainer and variant of Char seaplane
Facilities
- Government Dockyard and Engineering Works - Foochow Docks[1]
Notes
- Forman, Harrison (8 March 1934). "Aircraft construction in the Chinese Navy". Flight: 211–214. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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References
- Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 218.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1934. London: Sampson Low Marston. pp. 86c.
Forman, Harrison (8 March 1934). "Aircraft construction in the Chinese Navy". Flight: 211–214. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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