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Chinese naval division
The Naval Air Establishment was a division of the
Chinese Navy established in
1918 in
Mamoi to develop seaplanes for maritime reconnaissance, training, and torpedo-bombing. It was transferred to
Shanghai in
1931 .
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Organization
Captain Yu Tsao Barr
[1]
Captain Tseng Yee King
[1] - Director General from 1931 onwards
Captain Wong Tsoo
[1]
Lieutenant S F Wong
[1]
Products
Early aircraft produced by the NAE were made of timber and fabric with assistance of foreign designers. Aircraft produced include:
Chiang Hung
[1] (1930) - 2 or 3 seat touring plane and reconnaissance aircraft
Chiang Hau
[1] (1932) - powered with single 165 hp Wright Whirlwind engine
Chiang Gaen
[1]
Nin Hai
[1]
DH.6 like seaplane
Beeng
[1] (1918?)- tractor biplane/float fighter bomber with single 360 hp prop engine
Char
[1] 1918 - 2 seat primary trainer seaplane
Ding
[1] (1934) - 2 seat bombing/torpedo seaplane using a single 360 hp Rolls-Royce engine
Wu
[1] (1918?) - general purpose observation aircraft
Yee
[1] (1918?) - 2 seat advance trainer and variant of Char seaplane
Facilities
Government Dockyard and Engineering Works - Foochow Docks
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Notes
References
Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers . Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 218.
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1934 . London: Sampson Low Marston. pp. 86c.
Forman, Harrison (8 March 1934).
"Aircraft construction in the Chinese Navy" . Flight : 211–214. Retrieved 3 February 2013 .