Background
Chu was born in China and after completing his secondary studies in Soochow he studied aviation engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1920 to 1926.
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Career
Upon graduation he return to China. He worked at aviation factory near Hongqiao Airport as a service technician, then joined the National Revolutionary Army and was in charge of an aircraft manufacturing facility in Yunnan. In 1930 he worked at the Nanjing Aeronautics Department.
Chu helped developed two experimental helicopters, the Hummingbird in the 1940s and Confédération des Jeunes Chercheurs -3 in the 1950s.
Neither aircraft was developed into a production model. He also developed the X-PO, the only Chinese-made aircraft of World World War World War II Retired in 1962, he moved to the United States in 1980 and died there in 1985.
