Pickup trucks can both pull goods and carry people, and are very practical. But have you ever seen a "pickup truck" that can fly into the sky? According to CCTV Financial Report, at this Asian General Aviation Exhibition,The world's first "air pickup" makes its debut in China, of course, it is not a "pickup truck" in the traditional sense, but a pickup truck with similar functions.
According to reports, the "Aerial Pickup" short take-off and landing transport aircraft is a brand-new aircraft jointly developed by a Chinese and foreign team. It can pull people and cargo.You can fly 2,000 kilometers with one full tank of fuel, for this exhibition, I flew all the way from abroad to Zhuhai, which took 35 hours.
The aircraft is made of all-composite materials, has highly reliable engines and advanced avionics systems. It is the largest short-distance take-off and landing (about 200 meters) multi-purpose transport aircraft with the heaviest payload (1,350 kg) currently under development by domestic private enterprises.
"Aerial pickup" can be widely used in plateau transportation, island transportation, aviation parachuting, aerial photography, aerial tours, emergency rescue, medical transport and other fields.
More than that,It can also adapt to non-paved runways such as plateaus and high-temperature environments such as grass and gravel. It can even take off and land on snow when equipped with a sled., is very flexible and has the characteristics of high comfort, low noise and low emissions, filling the gap in domestic light transport aircraft.
According to reports, this aircraft has completed test flights in Europe, and will next build a domestic prototype and conduct verification flights.