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(CRI2008-06-29 12:14:17)--The MA600,cheap wow gold a new regional aircraft to join China's turboprop fleet, rolled off the assembly line in Xi'an on Sunday. This latest MA "Modern Ark" member could be the stepping stone to China gaining a larger share of the world's turboprop aircraft market, insiders said. Engineers have optimized the aircraft's structure and its aviation electronics system, improved the interior decoration, and added maritime survival functions for island countries. The total weight of the MA600 is 300 kg less than the MA60,cheap wow gold further reducing the aircraft's fuel consumption. The MA600 is set to begin trials in September, He Shengqiang,age of conan cheap gold chief engineer and vice-president of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Company Ltd under AVIC I, said in an earlier report. Currently, the China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) provided the 50- to 60-seat MA60, the first and only model of the MA series on sale for the African and East Asian countries, receiving 122 orders since 2005. To remain competitive in the years after 2018, AVIC I has already started work on the development of the MA700,the cheapest wow gold an aircraft mainly targeted at markets in Europe and America,the cheapest wow gold Chen Fusheng, deputy director general of the commercial aircraft department of AVIC I,buy wow gold said. AVIC I has drawn up an ambitious blueprint for its MA series, which will be comparable to the Canadian Bombardier and the French ATR aircraft.