List of aircraft used in China before 1937
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This is a partial list of aircraft acquired by operators in China, prior to the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war on 7 July 1937.
Military Aviation
File:The Rosamonde.jpg, the first indigenously designed aircraft in China shown here with Soong Qingling and Sun Yat-sen; Soong would fly as a passenger in the plane with pilot Huang Guangrui at the controls]]
File:Curtiss Model 68 Hawk III.jpg opposing the Japanese invasion in 1937, until superseded by Polikarpov I-15 and I-16 fighters]]
File:Aichi_AB-3_Single-Seat_Reconnaissance_Seaplane_1932a.jpg being built in Japan for the Chinese navy]]
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=Early Military Aviation=
Revolutionary Faction
Beiyang Government
=Chinese Nationalist Air Force=
- Avro 504
- Blackburn Lincock III
- Boeing Model 218
- Boeing Model 281
- Breda Ba.25
- Breda Ba.27
- Breda Ba.28
- Breguet 14
- Breguet 273
- Caproni Ca.101
- Caproni Ca.111
- Curtiss Shrike
- Curtiss Hawk II
- Curtiss Hawk III
- Curtiss JN-4
- de Havilland Gipsy Moth
- de Havilland Moth
- de Havilland Puss Moth
- Douglas O-2MC
- Fairchild KR-34CA
- Fairey Fox III, IV
- Fiat B.R.3
- Fiat C.R.30
- Fiat C.R.32
- Focke-Wulf S 24
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44
- Fokker C.V
- Heinkel He 66
- Heinkel He 111A
- Junkers K 47
- Martin B-10
- Northrop Alpha
- Northrop 2E, 2F Gamma
- Savoia-Marchetti S.72
- Vought V.65C Corsair
=Republic of China Navy=
- Aichi AB-3
- Avro 594 Avian IV
- Naval Air Establishment Beeng
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung
- Naval Air Establishment Char
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Gaen
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hau
- Naval Air Establishment Ding
- Naval Air Establishment Nin Hai
- Naval Air Establishment Wu
- Naval Air Establishment Yee
- Schreck FBA.17
=Warlord and Provincial Military Aviation Branches=
Kwangtong Aviation Corps:
- Boeing Model 218
- Boeing Model 281
- Curtiss Hawk II
- Caudron C.59
- Heinkel He 111A
- Waco 240-A/CSO
- Waco ATO Taperwing
- Waco CTO Taperwing
- Douglas O-2MC
Kwangtong Naval Aviation:
Kwangsi Clique Aviation Corps:
- Armstrong Whitworth Atlas
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16
- Avro 621 Tutor
- Nakajima Ko-4 (Nieuport-Delage NiD.29)
Fengtian Clique Air Force (Chang Hsueh-liang):
Fengtian Clique - Shantung Aviation Corps (Chang Tsung-chang):
Shansi Clique Aviation Corps (Yen Hsi-shan):
Szechwan Clique Aviation Corps (Liu Hsiang):
West-North Aviation Corps (Feng Yuxiang):
Sinkiang Province Aviation Corps (Sheng Shih-Tsai):
=Foreign Military Aviation Based in China=
- Arrow Sport - British Army Air Corp in Shanghai
- Etrich Taube - Imperial German forces stationed in China
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Civilian Aviation
File:Ju52 airliner Eurasia.jpg
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=China National Aviation Corporation=
=Eurasia Aviation Corporation=
=The Nationalist Government=
=Others=
Chinese Warlords who owns military aviation branches
- Bai Chongxi/Li Zongren (Guangxi Clique)
- Cao Kun/Feng Yuxiang (Zhili Clique)
- Chen Jitang (Guangdong Clique)
- Duan Qirui (Beiyang Clique)
- Liu Xiang (Sichuan Clique)
- Lu Yongxiang (Anhui Clique)
- Tang Jiyao (Yunnan Clique)
- Zhang Zuolin (Fengtian Clique)
- Sheng Shicai (Xinjiang Clique)
The aviation branches of the above warlords faction, the aircraft along with the personnel, had been voluntary incorporated into the nominally Chinese Nationalist air force by 1937 in preparations for the impending war against the Empire of Japan.