The Naval Air Establishment was a division of the Chinese Navy

Republic of China Navy

The Republic of China Navy is the maritime branch of the Armed forces of the Republic of China . The ROC Navy's primary mission is to defend ROC territories and the sea lanes that surround Taiwan against a blockade, attack, or possible invasion by forces of the People's Republic of China...

 established in 1918

1918 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1918:- Events :*The Imperial Japanese Navy establishes its first lighter-than-air aviation unit.* The naval aviation branch of the Chilean Armys air corps receives its first aircraft....

 in Mamoi to develop seaplanes for maritime reconnaissance, training, and torpedo-bombing. It was transferred to Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 in 1931

1931 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1931:- Events :* Manufacturer Airspeed Ltd founded in York, England.* Alexander Seversky founds the Seversky Aircraft Corporation....

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Organization

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

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Products

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

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

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