In the case of China’s aerospace ambitions, the fable of the tortoise and the hare is instructive. Naysayers have spent almost a decade writing off the chances of the country’s first-ever full-narrowbody-class commercial aircraft, but as 2022 dawns—and despite the disappointment of China Eastern Airlines over delays to the first-ever delivery of the aircraft, expected before the end of 2021—the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) appears on the verge of making the C919 a… Read More… Source: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2022-02-11/china-plays-long-game-c919-development