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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The SJ-100 conducted its maiden flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Photo by © UAC The experimental prototype of the short-haul aircraft SJ-100 performed its first flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The aircraft was piloted by the test pilots Leonid Chikunov and Dmitry […]
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Kamov Ka-25 – the first Soviet combat helicopter
Photo by Creative Commons license The Ka-25 helicopter made its first flight on 20 June 1961. It was in service with the Soviet Navy for about 30 years and was […]
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Final list of SSJ-New ground checks determined for maiden flight
Photo by © Regional Aircraft PJSC Irkut Corporation Branch The production centre of Irkut’s Regional Aircraft Corporation Branch hosted a field session of the Scientific and Technical Council in preparation […]
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Superjet 100 makes its maiden flight on 19 May 2008
Photo by © UAC The first prototype of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 was built in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on September 26, 2007. On 20 February 2008 the SaM146 engines were first flown […]
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