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Flight tests on the new Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E aircraft have started

Moscow, Russia - It will be transferred to the Russian Defense Ministry after the tests

Today, 17 January 2012, Russia's Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer started test flights of its new Su-35S Flanker-E multi-role fighter, taking off from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur airfield in Russia's Far East. The Su-35 Flanker-E, defined as a superiority fighter, spent more than two hours in the air, testing propulsion and control systems. It is powered by two 117S engines with thrust vectoring and can...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1136993
Rome, Italy, 01/17/2012 17:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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