Photo by © Veter company FPV drones Veter-8, Veter-10 and Veter-13 from a private company of the same name from the Transbaikal Territory have been delivered to units of various […]
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Author: First Pilot
Yakovlev PJSC spoke about the design and flexibility of the MS-21 cabin layout
MAKS-2019. Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan are shown the MS-21 salon / Photo by © kremlin.ru The MS-21 designers were tasked with designing the aircraft […]
Fuselage docking has been completed on the tenth serial MS-21 aircraft set
Photo by © Notes of Aircraft Builders TG-channel The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ) has completed docking of the fuselage of the tenth serial set of MS-21 aircraft. The work is […]
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Installation of new slipways for assembly of Tu-214 at the Kazan aircraft plant has begun
Photo by © Tupolev JSC press service In mid-December 2023, the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan Oleg Korobchenko expressed the opinion that the Kazan Aviation […]
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China Eastern Airlines adds seventh C919 aircraft to its fleet
Photo by © China Eastern Airlines On 29 July 2024, China Eastern Airlines received its seventh C919 aircraft, the third delivery of this type this year. The aircraft, with flight […]
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MS-21 – digest for July-2024
Photo by © UAC The Russian aviation industry is going through a phase of active import substitution aimed at creating its own technologies and materials for the production of civil […]
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F-16 in Ukraine: the absurd concept of “40-kilometre frontier”
Illustration by © Digital Combat Simulator The delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine is a highly publicised event, but its impact on the course of the war may be […]
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Yak-25RV. High-altitude reconnaissance and target aircraft
Yak-25RV – high-altitude reconnaissance and target aircraft / Photo by © Yakovlev Design Bureau archives In the late 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was […]
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Vertical take-off and landing fighter (VTOL). Is there a need for one right now?
Yak-38 and Yak-141 deck fighters / Photo by © Yakovlev Design Bureau archives In the field of military aviation, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft have always attracted special attention […]
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In a collision between two MiG-29s, the pilots’ lives were saved by the K-36DM ejection seat
Photo by © Martin Pole / airliners.net On 24 July 1993, at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) air show at Fairford Air Base of the British Air Force, two […]
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