page_title: Huang Zhiqian
section_title: People's Republic of China
hierarchical_section_title: Huang Zhiqian / Career / People's Republic of China
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Shenyang JJ-1 im Luftfahrtmuseum Datang Shan nördlich von Beijing.
context_page_description: Huang Zhiqian was a Chinese aircraft designer. He served as Chief Designer of the Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute and was in charge of designing the Shenyang J-8, China's first high-speed, high-altitude interceptor fighter jet. Before the project was completed, he died in the Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crash in Cairo, Egypt, in 1965.
context_section_description: Huang returned to China in June 1949, near the end of the Chinese Civil War. As the Kuomintang lost the war and retreated to Taiwan, Huang stayed on the mainland and worked for the victorious Communist Party.
  In 1949, Huang oversaw the reconstruction of the military Jian'ou Airport in Jian'ou, Fujian Province. In July 1951, he was transferred to the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and put in charge of repairing the PLA Air Force's MiG-9 and MiG-15 fighters then being deployed in the Korean War.
  In August 1956, the Aviation Industry Bureau established the PRC's first airplane design office in Shenyang, with Xu Shunshou as director and Huang Zhiqian and Ye Zhengda as deputy directors. They led the design of the jet trainer, Shenyang JJ-1. The plane took its first flight on 26 July 1958, which marked a new era of China's aviation industry. He then participated in the design of the Nanchang CJ-6 and the Nanchang Q-5 aircraft.
  In August 1961, China established its first research institute for aircraft design, the Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute (code name 601 Institute), and Huang was named its chief designer. In October 1964, the Chinese government decided to design and build its first high-speed, high-altitude interceptor fighter jet, later named the Shenyang J-8. Huang was appointed its chief designer, with Gu Songfen serving as his deputy.
caption: Shenyang JJ-1 jet trainer
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