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. From left: Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, Sukhoi Aviation Holding deputy director general, Viktor Subbotin, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company president, Alexander Zudilov, Sukhoi flight test and development base manager, Mikhail Pogosyan, Sukhoi Aviation Holding CEO, and Alexander Pekarsh, CEO of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Gagarin Aviation Plant (KNAAPO).
- Categories: Economy, Business & Finance, Science & Technology
- Location: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- 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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