Photo by © Russian Aviation On 2 December 2024, the monument to Soviet test pilot Valery Chkalov was unveiled in Khodynskoye Pole park. The monument was created by Salavat Shcherbakov, […]
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Aeroflot’s wet leasing will start from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Photo by © Russian Aviation Starting December 26, 2023, Aeroflot will launch additional flights on the route Moscow – Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Moscow. The flights will be operated by Airbus A330-300 […]
MC-21 – digest for November-2024
Test pilot of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Honored Test Pilot of Russia Andrei Voropayev and test pilot of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Hero of Russia Oleg Mutovin demonstrate the cabin […]
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Aeroflot will wet lease three A330 aircraft from iFly Airlines
Photo by © Russian Aviation As part of its route network expansion to the Far East, Aeroflot has signed a preliminary agreement with iFly Airlines to lease three Airbus A330 […]
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The Superjet flight manual has received a computerised section on flight characteristics
Photo by © Alexey Petrov (@aviationcolors) / airliners.net Yakovlev specialists have completed the software development of Russia’s first electronic flight manual (EFM) for the Superjet 100 aircraft. Based on the […]
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Rosaviatsia: no reason to refuse to operate the Superjet 100
Photo by © Aviation of Russia The incident with the Superjet 100 RA-89085 of Azimut Airlines in Antalya has once again raised questions about the safety of the aircraft’s operation. […]
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Composite material for fan blades of PD-35 engine is a breakthrough in the field of polymers
Photo by © UEC press service In 2020, the United Engine Corporation (UEC) together with relevant research institutes completed the development and manufactured the first prototypes of composite fan blades […]
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А. Gaidansky: Western sanctions became an incentive to create domestic composites for aviation
Carbon fibre tape for the manufacture of MS-21 power composite structures / Photo by © Rosatom press service In 2018, the MC-21 project, which initially envisaged broad international co-operation, faced […]
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Yakovlev presents statistics on the SSJ100 aircraft operation over 14 years of flights
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Yakovlev Company, which in 2020 received Sukhoi Civil Aircraft JSC, the developer of the SSJ100 regional jet, presented the aircraft’s operating statistics at […]
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Paperless technologies introduced on Rossiya Airlines flights from Sheremetyevo Airport
Photo by © Sergey Martirosyan, aviator.ru Russia Airlines has introduced a system for electronic transfer of passenger data to crews on flights from Sheremetyevo Airport in 2024. The information is […]
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