© Alexander Shipilenko, russianplanes.net / Certification flight to determine the noise level. Flight 73051 passing over the runway at a height of about six metres. Archive photo On October 5, […]
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To the first flight of the Russian widebody IL-96-400M aircraft
On 1 November, perhaps one of the main events of 2023 took place: the Russian IL-96-400M wide body aircraft made its maiden flight. Now we are waiting for the certification […]
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More than 80 million passengers worldwide were transported using Rostec’s reservation system
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Over the year, more than 80 million passengers worldwide were transported using Rostec’s reservation system. Alexander Nazarov, Deputy CEO of Rostec State Corporation, commented […]
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Rosaviatsia told about rescue operation after Mi-2 helicopter crash
© Evgeny Ushakov, russianplanes.net / Archive photo Hard landing of Mi-2 helicopter (registration number RA-14266) occurred on 30 October at 07:18 Moscow time in the area of Verkhoyanskiy ridge, 318 […]
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The Su-57 has received a long-range cruise missile
© Russian Aviation / Su-57 at MAKS-2021. Archive photo The Su-57 fighter jet has received a long-range cruise missile (LCRM) as part of its armament, which will be placed in […]
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Mikhail Strelets: the sixth generation of aircraft will be specialised in terms of the range of tasks to be performed
© Sergei Alexandrov / Concept of the 6th generation fighter aircraft, 2016. Archive photo The concept of modern multirole combat aircraft is becoming a thing of the past due to […]
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In Voronezh, an experimental IL-96-400M performs high-speed runs on the runway of the airfield Prydacha
© Alexei Filatov / IL-96-400M b/n 96115 completes a high-speed run. 28 October 2023. In May 2016, at a meeting on aviation development in Sochi, it was decided to resume […]
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MiG-25PU twin cockpit training aircraft
Aviation of Russia collage/ Photo by © Sergey Chaikovsky, airliners.net 28 October 1969, the first flight of the experimental combat trainer aircraft E-155PU, which received the name MiG-25PU in serial […]
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Mi-28NM attack helicopter
Mi-28NM on a combat mission. Frame of the video The International Military-Technical Forum Army-2023 for the first time presented modernised Ka-52M and Mi-28NM helicopters with a wide range of weapons, […]
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Helicopters arrive to the Russian Air Forces scheduled, including modernised Mi-26T2V
© Russian Aviation / Mi-26T2, MAKS-2017. Archive photo The Army Aviation of the Russian Air and Space Forces has received and continues to receive new helicopters this year, including the […]
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