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 […]
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Russian-built Superjet 100 with PD-8 Engines Completes Maiden Flight
Image by © UAC Press Service In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the SJ-100 aircraft, registration number 97012, powered by PD-8 engines, has successfully completed its maiden flight. This marks the commencement of the […]
On 12 February 2013, the Extended-Range SSJ100LR Took to the Skies
Image by © UAC Press Service On 12 February 2013, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 Long Range (SSJ100LR), an extended-range version of the domestic passenger aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100, took to […]
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To the Anniversary of the First Flight of the Su-57 Fighter
First Flight of the T-50-1 Prototype / Photo: © UAC Press Service The development process of the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAK FA) involved a series of sequential […]
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Helicopter with VK-650V engine takes to the air for the first time
The first prototype of Mi-34M1 helicopter with VK-650V TVaD, during the first flight in hover mode. Tomilino, 15.10.2024 / Photo by © Oleg Podkladov, russianplanes.net On October 15, 2024, at […]
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About the first flight of the UTS-800 airplane
Photo by © UZGA press service In the fall of 2023 at the Aramil airfield in the Sverdlovsk region, the Ural Civil Aviation Plant’s (UZGA) UTS-800 trainer aircraft made its […]
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To the first flight of the Tu-204 aircraft
The first Tu-204 aircraft. Photo by © Tupolev Design Bureau archive On 2 January 1989, the first flight of the prototype of the Tu-204 medium-haul passenger aircraft took place. The […]
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To the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Su-34 frontline bomber
Photo by © Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry The first flight of the Su-34 multifunctional fighter-bomber developed by the Pavel Sukhoi Design Bureau took […]
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To the anniversary of the first flight of the Tu-95 strategic missile carrier
Photo by © UAC On November 12, 1952, the first flight of the prototype of the Tu-95 strategic bomber took place. The machine was lifted into the sky by the […]
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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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