The 60-seat China-made turboprop MA600 has been unveiled in Xi'an amid great fanfare. It is some 300 kilogrammes and 40 percent more fuel-efficient than its predecessor, the MA60, 122 orders of which have been received since it was introduced. While most of the foreign orders seem to be from African countries like Zimbabwe and Zambia — not the most exciting aviation markets — the China Aviation Industry Corporation has ambitious plans to take over its......

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Fancy_your_own_personal_flying_machine_for_2_800'; Some innovative guy put together a few pieces of scrap metal and an engine and this is what he came up with. Apparently it can fly up to a height of over one hundred metres and cost only RMB20,000 to put together. Hell, that's even cheaper than a car! Maybe one day, just one day, all of us will be flying in one of these to get to work? Follow the......

All ye lucky yuletide souls whose employer's lack of the Scrooge gene has enabled ye to escape Shanghai over the Xmas break, rejoice! Those of you flying back into China after January 1 no longer need to fill in that pesky health declaration form. Although Shanghaiist kind of enjoyed the pre-landing self-diagnosis ritual. Just how many avian flu carrying fowl had we fraternized with over the past month? And could the hail of sputum from......