The secrets of “made-in-Vietnam” planes

There are other planes that the local medial called “the first planes of Vietnam”.

In April 2003, the Government Office assigned the Vietnam Mechanics Association (VAM) to manufacture two-seat propeller planes to serve agriculture, tourism, survey, etc. The association formed a steering group, led by Ph.D Nguyen Xuan Hung to implement a two-step project.

The first step: installing a planed temporarily called VAM-1 based on Canada’s Beaver RX550 model, with some changes that comply with conditions in Vietnam.

Second step: Learning experience from VAM-1 to design VAM-2. This phase was carried out by the Institute for Research and Development of New Technology.

The VAM-1 was tested successfully in December 2005. The VAM-2 was manufactured by the Vietnam Mechanics Association and the Hoa Binh Aircraft Model Manufacturing Company. This airplane was checked by the Ministry of Science and Technology in March 2006 but until now, this plane is still in a warehouse and is not permitted to fly.