Harbin SH-5

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The Harbin SH-5 (Template:Zh, where "水轰" is short for Template:Zh) is a Chinese maritime patrol amphibious aircraft intended for a wide range of duties, including aerial firefighting, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and air-sea rescue (ASR). One prototype and six production aircraft have been built.

Design and development

Research to build a seaplane capable of replacing Beriev Be-6s in service was initiated by the PLANAF in 1968, with designers reassigned from "Objective 3/17", a supersonic canard-wing fighter project. The first prototype flew in 1976; further units were delivered between 1986 and 1990.

Variants

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Harbin SH-5 on display at China Aviation Museum - Beijing, China
SH-5B Firefighter
One SH-5 was rebuilt for firefighting duties.[1]
However, by a Chinese source, there were total of 7 SH-5 were produced: 3 SH-5X Prototype, 3 Maritime patrol aircraft, and 1 SH-B Firefighter.[2]

Operators

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Specifications (SH-5)

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See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

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Notes

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