Photo by © Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry The Russian Air and Space Forces (VKS) in 2024 will complete the operation of one of […]
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Russian “black boxes” for aeroplanes and helicopters are demonstrated at SPIEF-2024
Photo by © KRET press service Smolensk-based Izmeritel Research and Production Enterprise, part of the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern, is demonstrating its products in the field of on-board recorders of speech […]
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Alexander Lukashenko visits production of MS-21 aeroplanes
Photo by © UAC President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has visited the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, where the Belarusian delegation familiarised itself with the production facilities of the […]
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The import-substituted Superjet is undergoing frequency tests
Photo by © Notes of Aircraft Builders TG-channel In the production centre of PJSC Yakovlev in Komsomolsk-on-Amur are frequency tests of the SJ-100 aircraft with the s/n 97003, which are […]
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MS-21: digest for May-2024
Flight 73053, flight to Irkutsk for storage / Photo by © pavlenty94, Irkutsk Spotters Team May is a special month in the history of MS-21 aircraft. Seven years ago, on […]
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MS-21 (73053) has flown to Irkutsk for storage (updated)
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service On 30 May the MS-21-300 prototype aircraft b/n 73053 made a flight from Zhukovsky to Irkutsk. As it was specified to the site […]
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TsAGI will host research on the wing strength of the new Superjet
Photo by © TsAGI Press Service The SJ-100 aircraft project plays one of the key roles in the import substitution programme of the Russian aircraft industry, and one of the […]
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The choice of non-retractable landing gear for the Osvey airplane is due to safety issues
Light Multi-Purpose Aircraft LMS-192 Osvey / Photo by © JSC 558 Aircraft Repair Plant The Russian-Belarusian twin-engine light multirole aircraft LMS-192 Osvey will be equipped with non-retractable landing gear and […]
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Information message about LMS-192 Osvey aircraft project
Light Multi-Purpose Aircraft LMS-192 Osvey / Photo by © JSC 558 Aircraft Repair Plant The light multipurpose 19-seat turboprop LMS-192 “Osvey” is being developed within the framework of the Comprehensive […]
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VK-800SM engine becomes key for turboprop regional jets
Photo by © CIAM Press Service The history of the turboprop engine VK-800CM originates from the project of helicopter engine VK-800B development of the St. Petersburg enterprise FSUE Plant named […]
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