Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Николай Егорович Жуковский, sometimes transliterated as Joukovsky) was born on 17 January 1847 in the village of Orekhovo, near Vladimir, Russia. The future scientist, mathematician and engineer, was born into a family […]
Tupolev Tu-154M (c/n 89A-815, RA-85849 of КОСМОС производственное объединение / KOSMOS Airlines), approaching runway of Václav Havel Airport Prague, January 2013. Tupolev Tu-154 – together with two other airliners, Ilyushin Il-62 and Tupolev Tu-134 – […]
At the end of October 2024, the largest air carrier of Russia, the Aeroflot group (ПАО Аэрофлот – Российские авиалинии / PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines) announced its results for the Q2 2024, as well […]
Sopwith Triplane (c/n N5486), exhibited at the Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) in Monino, July 2017. In the middle of the Great War, the Sopwith aviation company developed a single-seat biplane […]
In January of 2024, Sergei Alexandrovsky, the CEO of Aeroflot, the biggest Russian air carrier, announced that the company was going to buy 339 new airliners by 2030. The purchasing plan included 89 Sukhoi Superjets […]
On 12th September 2024, the PJSC United Aircraft Corporation – UAC (Объединенная авиастроительная корпорация – ОАК), being a part of the Rostec corporation, officially informed about the new delivery of combat aircraft for the Russian […]
According to the Russian authorities, until the end of the current decade, intensity of air traffic in Russia should increase one and a half times compared to 2023. At the same time, however, the number […]
At the beginning of August 2024, ПАО “Яковлев” (PSJC Yakovlev) officially announced the company is ready to launch development of new Russian 5th generation aircraft, featuring the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. The information […]
On 10th July 2024, the Russian daily newspaper Известия (Izvestia) informed about the new joint initiative of Aeroflot and Rosatom to produce spare parts for foreign-made passenger aircraft. This decision was made in face of […]
Last week, we have published the first part of our review focused on problems that weighing on development of the new Russian passenger aircraft. The article introduced a brief history of the Soviet airliners, the […]
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