Jul. 16, 2009 (China Knowledge) - China's first home-grown regional jet, the ARJ21-700 jet, Wednesday took its longest trial flight yet, flying from Shanghai to Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, thus coming a step closer to commercial operation, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
The ARJ21-700 jet took the 1,300-km flight from its production site in Shanghai to the Xi'an-based Chines
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