December 10, 2009 archive

New aircraft brake developed in China

“A breakthrough in China’s fast-growing commercial aviation sector has been unveiled — a revolutionary carbon aircraft brake-disk that shatters a monopoly on the technology held by foreign companies until now. The system will be incorporated into China’s next generation of domestically designed and produced long-haul aircraft.” http://english.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20091207/101470.shtml