Question about aviation in China

"Todd Pattist" wrote in message
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I like the answer that Google calculates when you ask it for
the "answer to life the universe and everything=" :-)


Yes, but does it know the question?

C J Campbell ) wrote:
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: Last I heard, there were still less than 400 GA aircraft in China. If
: there any airplanes for rental in China, it would be at Beijing Sport
: Aviation School or at Anyang Sport Aviation School in Beijing. A company
: called PTE is the Cessna agent in China and handles Cessna sales and
: service. Anyang and PTE are the operators of A&P Light Aircraft Service.
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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...1_101815.shtml
Huge Market for General Aviation in China

"...In 2001 more than 300,000, or 70 percent, of the world's total of
460,000 planes were used in general aviation, statistics show..."

--Jerry Leslie
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"leslie" wrote in message
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C J Campbell ) wrote:
:
:
: Last I heard, there were still less than 400 GA aircraft in China. If
: there any airplanes for rental in China, it would be at Beijing Sport
: Aviation School or at Anyang Sport Aviation School in Beijing. A company
: called PTE is the Cessna agent in China and handles Cessna sales and
: service. Anyang and PTE are the operators of A&P Light Aircraft Service.
:
:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...1_101815.shtml
Huge Market for General Aviation in China

"...In 2001 more than 300,000, or 70 percent, of the world's total of
460,000 planes were used in general aviation, statistics show..."


Yeah, with only 400 of those planes being in all of China to serve, what, 2
billion people? I would say that the market there is somewhat untapped....

Yeah, with only 400 of those planes being in all of China to serve, what, 2
billion people?


Airplanes don't serve people, they serve dollars. How many dollars do those 2
million people have to spend on airplanes?

Jose

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"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
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I tried various keywords on Google but couldn't come up with the
answer
to my question.
Does a general aviation industry exist in mainland China? I'm
planning
a vacation trip there in 2005 and, if it is possible, would like to
arrange
for two or three hours of dual instruction in a spam-can.

Regards,
Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer and Photographer

Interesting article from AOPA website:

http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...04-2-023x.html

"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
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I tried various keywords on Google but couldn't come up with the
answer
to my question.
Does a general aviation industry exist in mainland China? I'm
planning
a vacation trip there in 2005 and, if it is possible, would like to
arrange
for two or three hours of dual instruction in a spam-can.

Regards,
Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer and Photographer

There is NO significant GA industry yet and AFAIK no private pilots. Hence
your chance of a ride in a spam can is unlikely. The only exception I am
aware off is Hong Kong

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
...
Does a general aviation industry exist in mainland China? I'm
planning
a vacation trip there in 2005 and, if it is possible, would like to
arrange
for two or three hours of dual instruction in a spam-can.

GA is in its infancy in China. Until very recently, China sent all
would-be
pilots out of country for initial training up through instrument rating,
multi-engine, and commercial before bringing them back to work for the
national airline. The United States got a lot of them. Right now China is
beginning to develop a GA market to generate their own pilots and to
provide
better support for tourism, skydiving, and the 2008 Olympics.

Last I heard, there were still less than 400 GA aircraft in China. If
there
any airplanes for rental in China, it would be at Beijing Sport Aviation
School or at Anyang Sport Aviation School in Beijing. A company called PTE
is the Cessna agent in China and handles Cessna sales and service. Anyang
and PTE are the operators of A&P Light Aircraft Service.

There's also a big school near Shanghai. Most "GA" planes in China
are used as commerical transports or for training. It's not strictly true
about China outsourcing all its pilots as a lot came from the military
and these have been trained in-house, starting generally in the CJ-6.
You'll find a lot of these, but probably not for hire, they probably all
belong to schools.

The school near Shanghai has just bought some 172s.
http://www.seaet.com/english/gsjj-e.htm

They're manufacturing some new GA planes in China, though these
seem to be aimed at the commercial end, like twins for air taxi work,
cropdusters, and so on.

The microlight (ultralight) industry out there seems to be the way most
people who want to fly for sport get involved, but it's also not so huge.
I know of a microlight place near Nanning, but being too heavy and too
large for one of those, I didn't persue it. They had a flying club there too
but apparently it lost all its planes, didn't get any new ones and just
became an excuse for people to socialise.

Another news story to look at...
http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/2000...408_38531.html

Paul