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Thursday was a proud day for the many thousands who've toiled for 14 years to perfect Beijing’s answer to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, the world’s most popular passenger planes.

The C919 was finally certified to fly!

Pictures on social media showed a Beijing ceremony where the Civil Aviation Ad...