Shanghai Y-10

Y-10
Y-10 model
Role	Narrow-body jet airliner
Manufacturer	Shanghai Aircraft Manufacture Factory
Designer	Shanghai Aircraft Research Institute
First flight	26 September 1980
Number built	3

The Shanghai Y-10 (Y - Yunshuji - Transporter) was a four engined narrow-body jet airliner developed in the 1970s by the Shanghai Aircraft Research Institute.

Due to non-availability of the intended WS-8 turbofan engines the prototype aircraft used Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 turbofan engines, acquired as spare engines for CAAC's small fleet of Boeing 707 aircraft. The cabin could be configured to seat 178 in high-density, 149 in economy, or 124 in mixed-class and the large flight deck accommodated five crewmembers: pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, navigator, and radio operator.

Development work began in August, 1970 for Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The plane was intended to serve as a demonstrator and help the Chinese industry obtain experience in large aircraft design and flight testing. The Y-10 development costs totalled 537.7 million yuan. The Chinese government prided itself on the program, citing a foreign press report that said, "After developing this kind of highly complex technology, one could no longer regard China as a backward country." The project was heavily tainted by politics from the beginning because it was spearheaded by Wang Hongwen, one of the Gang of Four. The strategic vision of an independently developed large transport plane had long been voiced by Mao Zedong and, in 2006, a similar project with updated design goals made its way into the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, periodic strategic socio-economical development plans drawn up by the Chinese government. The general designer of Y-10 is Mr. Wu Xingshi (吴兴世), who would become the first general designer of Comac ARJ21.

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