China's 'new' AC313 medium-lift transport helicopter made its maiden flight from Changhe Aircraft Industries Group test facilities in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, on 13 March.rnDespite being described by Chinese media as a "product of domestic R&D [research and development]",the 13.8-tonAC313 is thernlatest, although heavily upgraded, version of the French Aerospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon, which was first acquired by China in 1976.
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