The pioneer Russian airliner Superjet-100 made its maiden flight, which lasted an hour and 5 minutes. The jet took off from the testing airfield at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East. Alexander Yablontsev, senior test pilot of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, foreground, and test pilot Leonid Chikunov after the flight.
- Categories: Science & Technology, Economy, Business & Finance
- Location: Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia
- Event date: 19.05.2008
- Date published: 19.05.2008
- Author: RIA Novosti
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: The press-service "GSS Sukhoi"
- Original: Digital
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