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The Naval Air Establishment was a division of the Chinese Navy established in 1918 in Mamoi to develop seaplanes for maritime reconnaissance, training, and torpedo-bombing. It was transferred to Shanghai in 1931.[1]

Organization

• Captain Yu Tsao Barr[1]
• Captain Tseng Yee King[1] - Director General from 1931 onwards
• Captain Wong Tsoo[1]
• Lieutenant S F Wong[1]

Products

Early aircraft produced by the NAE were made of timber and fabric with assistance of foreign designers. Aircraft produced include:

• Chiang Hung[1] (1930) - 2 or 3 seat touring plane and reconnaissance aircraft
• Chiang Hau[1] (1932) - powered with single 165 hp Wright Whirlwind engine
• Chiang Gaen[1]
• Nin Hai[1]
• DH.6 like seaplane
• Beeng[1] (1918?)- tractor biplane/float fighter bomber with single 360 hp prop engine
• Char[1] 1918 - 2 seat primary trainer seaplane
• Ding[1] (1934) - 2 seat bombing/torpedo seaplane using a single 360 hp Rolls Royce engine
• Wu[1] (1918?) - general purpose observation aircraft
• Yee[1] (1918?) - 2 seat advance trainer and variant of Char seaplane

Facilities

• Government Dockyard and Engineering Works - Foochow Docks[1]

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