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Maiden flight for Su-30SM fighter aircraft

Irkutsk, Russia - Thirty planes will be delivered to the Russian Ministry of Defense by 2015

On September 21, 2012, at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, branch of JSC IRKUT Corporation (which is in its turn a part of United Aircraft Corporation) Su-30SM fighter, developed by JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau and designed for the Russian Ministry of Defence, performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was piloted by JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau’ test-pilots Crew commander Sergey Kostin, 1st class t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1145837
Rome, Italy, 09/26/2012 09:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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