MC-21-310 Crew (left to right): Alexander Solovyov, Alexander Popov, Roman Taskaev, Alexander Guskov / Image by © Press Service of PJSC UAC On 29 April 2025, the MC-21-310 prototype aircraft […]
Read more
Author: First Pilot
Europe’s Largest Air-Supported Hangar Enters Service at Kurumoch Airport
Image by © UAC Press Service A new air-supported hangar for the Yakolev Public Joint Stock Company’s (PJSC) line maintenance station has begun operations at Kurumoch International Airport in Samara. […]
Volgograd Airport Officially Renamed with Historical “Stalingrad” Designation
Photo by © Azimut Airlines press service The decision to bestow the historical name “Stalingrad” upon Volgograd International Airport is a logical step in the context of preserving the memory […]
Read more
Radar with Doubled Range Passes Certification Tests
Photo by © Alexandra Oseneva, kolymastory.ru Azimuth, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, has completed the development of the MVR-L 2700 monopulse radar. The device […]
Read more
AI Technologies for Supersonic Aircraft Tested at SibNIA using a Yak-40LL Flying Laboratory
Image: Screenshot from a video report by the Russian Government Press Service Recent work by the “Supersonic” World-Class Scientific Centre and its partners has demonstrated progress in addressing key challenges […]
Read more
MC-21-310 Makes Maiden Flight
Image by © UAC Press Service The Russian aviation industry is rounding off April 2025 with positive news: On 23rd April, the first flight of the fully import-substituted SJ-100 aircraft […]
Read more
SJ-100 Autopilot Performance Assessed in Latest Test Flight
Photo by © Alexander Grishin / russianplanes.net The first prototype of the SJ-100 aircraft (tail number 97021, serial number 97001) has completed another test flight, during which the performance of […]
Read more
Flight Economics: How the Superjet is Changing the Game in Regional Aviation
Image by © Vivek Manvi-Viman / airliners.net Currently, according to Rostec figures, 160 SSJ100 aircraft are transporting passengers in Russia. Their dispatch reliability stands at 98%. In 2024, approximately 10 […]
Read more
Superjet: Indigenised. Nothing Foreign
Image by © UAC Press Service On April 23rd, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the third prototype of the Superjet 100 aircraft (s/n 97003, a/c number 97023) completed its maiden flight and joined […]
Read more
On 25 April 1996, the Yak-130 made its first flight
Yak-130 First Flight, 1996. / Photo by © Vladimir Yatsina, TASS The Yak-130 twin-seat advanced jet trainer provides basic and advanced pilot training for modern and future combat aircraft, including […]
Read more