Guangzhou/Kunming Yang Ch’eng 70 / Yang Ch’eng 71 / Yang Ch’eng 72 / Yang Ch’eng 73

The Guangdong Aircraft repair shops built four modified copies of the Avro 616 Aphrodite as Yang Ch’eng 70, 71, 72 and 73 trainer aircraft.

Yangcheng 70

The prototype No. 70-73 “Aphrodite” first flew in 1933.

Engine: ADC Cirrus I, 105 hp
Wingspan: 8.53 m
Length: 7.39 m
Height: 2.59 m
Empty weight: 456 kg
Maximum take-off weight: 691 kg
Max speed: 169 kph
Maximum range: 579 km
Service ceiling: 3800 m
Crew: 2
Armament: Two 7.62 mm Browning nose fixed machine guns

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