On June 25, 2025, certification flight testing continued at Zhukovsky Flight Test Center with the SJ-100 aircraft, tail number 97021. The flight evaluated the aircraft’s stability and controllability at airspeeds […]
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PD-8 Engines Power Experimental SJ-100 Flight from the Russian Far East to Moscow Region
Photo © UAC Press Service The experimental Superjet 100 (aircraft number 97023, serial number 97003), equipped with fully localized systems and Russian-made PD-8 engines developed by the United Engine Corporation […]
SJ-100 Commences Certification Testing of Indigenous Automatic Flight Control System
Image © UAC Press Service On June 2nd and 3rd, at the Zhukovsky airfield of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII), the SJ-100 prototype aircraft (registration number 97021, serial number […]
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SJ-100 Certification Tests Commence in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Image by © UAC Press Service Certification testing of the SJ-100 aircraft has commenced at Dzyomgi Aerodrome, part of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant. Flight operations are being conducted by aircraft […]
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PS-90 Took 12 Years, PD-14 – Ten. Engine for “Superjet” PD-8 Created in Six Years
Image by © UAC Press Service The creation of the PD-8 engine was a response to several challenges faced by the Russian aviation industry in the second half of the […]
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Russian Tyres for MC-21 and Superjet 100 Complete Qualification Testing
Image by © Aviation of Russian The Altai Tyre Combine and YASHZ Avia LLC have successfully completed qualification testing of tubeless radial tyres designed for the MC-21-310 and Superjet 100 […]
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Experienced Superjet 100 with PD-8 Engines Completes Tenth Flight
Photo by © Aviation of Russia In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the prototype Superjet 100 aircraft, registration number 97012, has now completed its tenth flight equipped with PD-8 engines. This was announced by […]
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SJ-100 Autopilot Performance Assessed in Latest Test Flight
Photo by © Alexander Grishin / russianplanes.net The first prototype of the SJ-100 aircraft (tail number 97021, serial number 97001) has completed another test flight, during which the performance of […]
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Flight Economics: How the Superjet is Changing the Game in Regional Aviation
Image by © Vivek Manvi-Viman / airliners.net Currently, according to Rostec figures, 160 SSJ100 aircraft are transporting passengers in Russia. Their dispatch reliability stands at 98%. In 2024, approximately 10 […]
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Superjet: Indigenised. Nothing Foreign
Image by © UAC Press Service On April 23rd, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the third prototype of the Superjet 100 aircraft (s/n 97003, a/c number 97023) completed its maiden flight and joined […]
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