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The Kurogane/Dongfang Type-XX Hakuryu (: 神竜; Hakuryū; lit. 'Divine Dragon'), or H.47 Bailong (: 神龍; Shén Lóng; lit. 'Spirit Dragon'), is a  jointly developed and manufactured by Kurogane Aircraft Company of Akiteiwa and Dongfang Aircraft Company (now Dongfang Aerospace Industries) of Kodeshia. The official Akitei designation is Kurogane Type XX Heavy Bomber Hakuryu (:くろがね XX式 重爆撃機 白龍; Kurogane XX-shiki jū bakugeki-ki Haku ryū). The Kodeshi official designation is the Dongfang H.47 Bailong (: 东方 轟.47 白龍; Hōng.47 Báilóng). The aircraft was a joint venture between Kurogane and the Dongfang Aircraft Company (now Dongfang Aerospace Industries), one of the first major joint Akitei-Kodeshi military aircraft programmes. It is a four-engined heavy bomber, capable of delivering and conventional ordnance in a ground attack roles.

Origins
The design was based their new airliner on its Type-XX Hakuryu H.47 Bailong strategic bomber. The wings, engines, and tail surfaces of the H.47 were retained with the airliner, but the new design adopted a wider, pressurised fuselage designed to accommodate up to 168 passengers.

Design
The KDJ-150 is a futuristic-looking, streamlined aircraft, with four turbofan engines buried in the thick wing roots. Distinguishing features of the KDJ-150 were its highly swept T-tail with considerable dihedral on the tail planes.

Engines
The KDJ-150 is powered by four XXX/SHAECO WS.46-11H turbofans

Akiteiwa
The first Type-XXs were delivered to the Akitei Air forces in 1967.

Kodeshia
The first H.47s were delivered to the the Imperial Kodeshi Air Force in 1967. After achieving initial operating capability, the H.47 was deployed for combat duties in reconnaissance operations against Selengeria.

Future and potential operators
While still in the prototype stage of development, considerable foreign interest in the acquisition of several bomber-configured Divine Dragons; in the end the possible customers did not materialise and no sales have apparently been made, the bomber has not yet serve with any operators other than the Akiteiwa Imperial and Royal Air Force and the Imperial Kodeshi Air Force.

Civilian Models

 * Kurogane/Dongfang KDJ-150 International
 * Initial production civil airliner model marketed under the name Kurogane-Dongfang Jet (KDJ, : くろがね-東 ジェット; : 黑铁-東方噴氣)


 * Kurogane/Dongfang KDJ-150ER International
 * Improved longer-range variant.


 * Kurogane/Dongfang KDJ-150F
 * A commercial freighter variant of the KDJ-150.


 * Kurogane/Dongfang KDJ-150-200 International
 * A stretched version of the aircraft increasing passenger capacity to 250.


 * Kurogane/Dongfang KDJ-150-200ER International
 * A extended-range version of the KDJ-150-200.

Operators
 Akiteiwa  Kodeshia
 * Akitei Airways
 * Kodeshia Airlines