Collage by © Aviation of Russia The military pilot Evgeny Vladimirovich Rudnev, who had learnt to fly at the Gatchina aerodrome, made the first flight between two cities in the […]
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The Lancet kamikaze drone opened a score in destroying helicopters
Footage from Izvestia video material On October 18, 2023, the traditional daily report of Vadim Ostafyev, the head of the press centre of the “South” group, on the situation on […]
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Alexander Inozemtsev: in November-December three aircraft with PD-14 will fly for certification of MC-21-310RUS
Photo by © kremlin.ru Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Inozemtsev, General Designer of ODK-Aviaadvigatel, discussed PD-14 and PD-35 engines for civil and military transport aviation at a meeting in […]
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A company from the Moscow region has launched production of reconnaissance UAVs
Photo by Albatros LLC The Albatros company from Korolev near Moscow has started assembling reconnaissance UAVs of aircraft type of its own design, which are designed to track and monitor […]
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Antonov An-24 – in service for more than 60 years!
Photo by Creative Commons license On 20 October 1959, the first flight of the An-24 passenger aircraft prototype took place. The machine was lifted into the sky by the crew […]
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Hard times of Russian light aviation
© Alexander Markin / russianplanes.net / The SP-30 short take-off and landing aircraft. Archive photo How many domestic types of light aircrafts – up to nine passengers – can you […]
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TsAGI has tested the SJ-100 model with a pylon for PD-8 engines
Photo by © TsAGI Press Service The PD-8 engine for the SJ-100 aircraft, which will replace the SaM146, is currently undergoing a series of bench and flight tests. On 12 […]
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Russian industry has mastered deep modernisation of Ukrainian D-18T engines
© Joan Martorell / airliners.net / Replacement of D-18T engine on An-124-100 aircraft of Volga-Dnepr Airlines. Archive photo The D-18T engine, which is used as a propulsion system on the […]
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The second stage of tests of the PD-35 engine gas generator was held at CIAM
Photo by © Rostec press service The Central Institute of Aviation Engine Building named after P.I. Baranov and the Perm design bureau of JSC ODK-Aviation Engine have conducted tests of […]
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The Russian Leonardo system will be implemented in Venezuela in early 2024
Photo by © Conviasa SA Representatives of Conviasa SA, Venezuela’s largest air carrier, have started training on the Russian ticket booking system Leonardo, created jointly by RT-Project Technologies, RT-Transcom and […]
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