Xu Shunshou
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Xu Shunshou (Chinese: 徐舜寿; pinyin: Xú Shùnshòu; Wade–Giles: Hsü Shun-shou; 21 August 1917 – 6 January 1968) was a Chinese aircraft designer and a founder of the aircraft manufacturing industry in the People's Republic of China. He was the founding director of the PRC's first aircraft design organization (later the Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute), where he oversaw the development of the Shenyang JJ-1, the first jet aircraft designed in China.[1] He trained many of the country's top aircraft designers and also participated in the design of the Nanchang CJ-6 trainer, the Nanchang Q-5 jet attack aircraft, and the Xian H-6 bomber. He was severely persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and died at the age of 50.
Xu Shunshou | |
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徐舜寿 | |
Born | (1917-08-21)August 21, 1917 |
Died | January 6, 1968(1968-01-06) (aged 50) Beijing, People's Republic of China |
Occupation | Aeronautical engineer |
Spouse |
Song Shubi (m. 1946–1968) |
Children | 3 |