1996-09, Chinese Aircraft《中国飞机》

Stamp Title: Chinese Aircraft
Scott No: 2661-64
Serial number: 1996-9
Values in set: 4
(4-1), Chinese Aircraft: F-8, 20 fen, 50*30mm
(4-2), Chinese Aircraft: A-5, 50 fen, 50*30mm
(4-3), Chinese Aircraft: Yun-7, 50 fen, 50*30mm
(4-4), Chinese Aircraft: Yun-12, 100 fen, 50*30mm
Date of issue: April 17, 1996
Designers: Wang Huming; Liu Lijun
Size: 50*30mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: offset
Printing housing: Liaoning Shengyang postage stamp housing

From 1909 when Feng Ru, an overseas Chinese staying in the United States, successfully launched the trial flight of China’s first plane, to 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was founded, China did not set up its aviation industry. The world situation and the needs of the national defense prompted the New China to set up its Aviation Industry Bureau on April 17,1951 to make preparation for the plane manufacture industry. The bureau decided to develop the industry by repairing, imitating, remodeling and then independently designing planes.

Up to now, China has manufactured more than 14,000 planes, which fall into 27 varieties and 60 sizes. They include Primary-5, F-5, F-6, F-7, B-5, B-6, T-5, T-7, T-8, T-10, T-11, T-12, F-8, F-8II, H-5, H-8, H-9, Agriculture-5, A-5, China has become one of the world¡¯s largest plane manufacturers. Some planes have been exported to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Peru and other Asian, African and Latin American countries.

Through more than 40 years of efforts, China has established some large-sized State-owned aviation manufacturing enterprises and accessory plants in cities including Harbin, Xi’an, Chengdu, Changhe and Nanchang, and the plane and missile producing industry system has begun to take shape. In recent years, plane manufactures in Shanghai and Xi’an have cooperated with the US aircraft giants Boeing and McDonnell Douglas to produce the whole sets of MD-82, MD-90 planes and components of Boeing-737.

China now boasts of a group of aviation higher institutions, including the Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University, Shenyang Aeronautical Engineering Institute, Nanjing Aeronautical Engineering Institute, and Northwest Industrial University, which are capable of providing teaching and science and research facilities for undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates.

1996年特种邮票《中国飞机》
国家邮政局1996年4月17日发行《中国飞机》特种邮票1套4枚。
（4-1）T 中国飞机·歼八 20 分 3687.75万枚
（4-2）T 中国飞机·强五 50 分 2625.75万枚
（4-3）T 中国飞机·运七 50 分 2643.75万枚
（4-4）T 中国飞机·运十二 100 分 2103.75万枚

志号名称：1996-9T
版别：胶印
整版枚数：40 枚
全套面值：2.20元
邮票规格：50 × 30毫米
齿孔度数：12度
设计者：王虎鸣、刘力军
印制机构：辽宁省沈阳邮电印刷厂

1996年，我国的航空工业尚不属于世界先进行列，但作为一个发展中国家能自己生产出各种军、民用飞机实属不易，本套邮票共4枚，两枚军用机，两枚民用机。

歼八是我国自行研制的高空高速歼击机，能在昼、夜和复杂气低空、超低空突防、攻击兵力重点、坦克群、机场、导弹陈地等目标。运七是中短程客机，它能在复杂的气象条件下起飞、航行和进场着陆，为国内支线主要机种之一。运十二是轻型多用途飞机，主要用于客货运输，是我国民用飞机主要出口机种。

中国邮政2011年4月17日发行2011-09《中国飞机（二）》特种邮票1套3枚。