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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
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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...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency