Image credit © UZGA press office Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) has conducted the first flight of the third flying prototype of the LMS-901 Baikal light utility aircraft. Aircraft No. […]
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Category: LMS-901 Baikal
UZGA Selects Domestic Communications Suite for New Regional Aircraft Programs
Image © UZGA Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) will equip its next-generation regional aircraft with Russian-made avionics and communications systems supplied by NPP Prima, a Nizhny Novgorod–based radio electronics developer. […]
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LMS-901 “Baikal” Completes First Flight with VK-800 Engine
Image © UZGA press service On December 24, 2025, Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) in Yekaterinburg commenced joint flight tests of the VK-800 engine and AV-901 propeller integrated into the […]
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UZGA Commences Certification Testing of AV-901 Propeller for Baikal Aircraft
Photo © Aviation of Russia Certification tests of the AV-901 propeller, designed for the light multipurpose LMS-901 Baikal aircraft, have begun at a Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) facility in […]
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Fuselage Assembly of Third LMS-901 Flight Test Article Completed in Nizhny Novgorod
Photo by © UZGA press service In June 2025, the fuselage mating of the third flight test article of the LMS-901 “Baikal” light multipurpose aircraft was successfully completed at UZGA’s […]
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Verkhnyaya Pyshma Museum to Restore the Soviet Buran Space Shuttle
Image: Item 2.01 “Baikal” at the “VoenFilm-Medyn” complex, summer 2022 / Photo: © @igor113 / livejournal.com To conduct a large-scale restoration of the Buran reusable orbital vehicle (item 2.01 “Baikal”), […]
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Development of multi-purpose aircraft LMS-901 Baikal is at the stage of developmental works
LMS-901 Baikal propeller / Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion neural network Work on the Baikal aircraft, related to engine import substitution, is at the stage of development work – design […]
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An-2, TVS-2MS or LMS-901 – who will take out the light Russian aviation?
Collage by © Aviation of Russia The need to replace the An-2 is long overdue. As a matter of fact, it is the basis for a significant part of all […]
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Moscow State University has developed a method of calculation of flutter of propeller blades of LMS-901 Baikal aircraft
Photo by © Lomonosov Moscow State University Press Service Specialists of the Research Institute of Mechanics of Moscow State University have developed a mathematical model and software to calculate the […]
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Construction of a plant for the production of Baikal aircraft has begun in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Photo by © FEDC press service The Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) has started construction of a plant for the production of the Baikal LMS-901 multi-purpose airplane. Erection […]
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