Beijing no.1 is the first civil aircraft of new China designed and manufactured in Beihang University(BUAA).It was also the first plane made by the school during the great leap forward period. This machine brewing in June - July 1957, February 1958 approved by premier zhou enlai began trial production. It was made on September 20, 1958. On September 23, it had its first test flight at the capital airport. The next day, it was named Beijing no.1 by the Beijing municipal party committee and completed the test flight of beijing-tianjin and beijing-shanghai routes. Beijing no. 1 USES two soviet-made ? ? - 14 ? piston engine, wing, the crew 2 people, eight passengers.