"Morgans" wrote in message
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Well, it has officially started.

China has rolled out a new jet that is a knockoff from an American
passenger jet.

From AvWeb:

Shenyang used much of the tooling left over from McDonnell-Douglas's
aborted attempt to build MD-90s in China and the "new" airplane has the
same cabin cross section and nose as the DC-9 family.

Does anyone have any doubt that China will copy any airplane that a
manufacturer decides to build there?

Cessna (and others) have screwed up, big time, IMHO.
--
Jim in NC

Without a doubt, that culture doesn't respect the same business norms as
most western businesses.

That said, I think it'll be a long time before someone buys a knock-off
airliner pushed by knock-off engines and guided by knock-off avionics. I
just don't foresee a market for third rate aircraft.