"World Traveler" wrote in message
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[sniip]

The commercial aircraft you travel in probably has parts from
China, built to FAA certification.

That's actually a pretty scary thought.

There are FAA certified aviation
production facilities in China, and FAA certified repair stations which
draw
customers from airlines around the world because of the competency of
their
work.

I frankly don't believe that, and won't, unless you furnish proof.

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Fair enough. Here's proof, from the FAA's own web site. Go to
http://av-info.faa.gov. Enter country: China and add any major city and
you'll see a list of FAA certified repair stations. For example:
Shanghai:

CEA HONEYWELL AIRCRAFT WHEELS AND BRAKES REPAIR AN
NO 24 LONGJUA AIRPORT
SHANGHAI, 200232

COLLINS AVIATION MAINTENANCE SERVICES SHANGHAI LTD
GENERAL FACTORY BUILDING 4, FLOOR 1
389 GANG AO ROAD
SHANGHAI, 200131

TAIKOO XIAMEN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CO LTD SHANGHAI
ROOM C3-120 & C3-121
PASSENGER INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
SHANGHAI,

Guangzhou:

GUANGCHOU AIRCRAFT MNTC AND ENGINEERING CO LTD
GUANGZHOU NEW BAIYUN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
GUANGZHOU, 510407

GUANGZHOU HANGXIN AVIONICS COMPANY LTD
NO. 2 KEXIN ROAD
TIANHE DISTRICT
GUANGZHOU, 510665

plus Xian, Beijing, etc.

And of course, there's HAECO, which has had previous contracts maintaining
USAF C-130s.

As for aircraft parts, Douglas started using Chinese components made in
Shanghai about 25 years ago, starting with nosewheel landing gear doors.
There's a quarter-of-a-century of a track record with FAA certification in
that location alone.

Your knee-jerk response to questions of Chinese competency indicates
you've got some other agenda --

Regards --

Reference to "Xian" should be "Xiamen". Xiamen is a major repair station;
Xian is the Chinese flight test center.

The growth in Chinese aviation is phenomenal. In 1983 there was one
national airline; in 1986 there were 40, and 102 new major airfields. To
staff these, China is sending as many students as possible to overseas
schools, especially locations such as Embry-Riddle.

All of this is being driven by the resurgence of Chinese capital markets
policies and the profit motive. None of this has anything to do with
woodworking, except that if you visit Chinese specialty stores you'll find
solid, well-built, (if not technologically advanced) woodworking tools that
Chinese craftsmen use to turn out extraordinary wood products.

And you've completely danced around the real question -- if Chinese tools
are so inferior, how is it that Chinese craftsmen do such good work???