Naval Air Establishment

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.

Organization

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

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 360 hp Rolls Royce engine
 * Wu (1918?) - general purpose observation aircraft
 * Yee (1918?) - 2 seat advance trainer and variant of Char seaplane

Facilities

 * Government Dockyard and Engineering Works - Foochow Docks