A Yakovlev SJ-100 built through serial-production processes (s/n 97004, fuselage no. 97024) completed a one-hour maiden flight with a three-person crew from Komsomolsk-on-Amur on 5 September, United Aircraft said. The sortie marks the first flight of a production-line Superjet airframe.
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The flight confirms a transition from prototype testing to line-produced airframes, a key indicator of renewed serial-production capability for Russian civil aircraft programs; see progress on Russias efforts with the first fully domestic MC-21-310 maiden flight.
The milestone arrives amid elevated inspection and maintenance scrutiny for Superjet airframes, underscoring near-term operational and regulatory pressures on fleet support as serial deliveries scale up: Rosaviatsiya ordered fuselage fastener inspections on 14 Superjet 100s.
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Superjet-100 • uacrussia.ru
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