Russian civil aviation thread

[The3Amigos]

The revitalized Il-96-400T could revolutionize Russian aviation

The Il-96-400T cargo aircraft, registration RA-96103 and operated by Sky Gates Airlines, has commenced commercial cargo transportation following a comprehensive

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[Tshering22]

There may be some teething errors but nothing major that the Russian industry cannot handle. They will only do good from here onwards.

I wonder what happened to the Sino-Russian joint venture to make the COMAC C-929 wide-body jet airliner. Was it not going to compete against the Boeing 777X series? Would have made a huge impact on the civil aviation industry.

 

[The3Amigos]

There may be some teething errors but nothing major that the Russian industry cannot handle. They will only do good from here onwards.

I wonder what happened to the Sino-Russian joint venture to make the COMAC C-929 wide-body jet airliner. Was it not going to compete against the Boeing 777X series? Would have made a huge impact on the civil aviation industry.

Yup. Civil aviation is one of Russia's key strengths. The world's first airliner was built in 1913.

Sikorsky Ilya Muromets - Wikipedia

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The world's first supersonic airliner was built in 1968.

Tupolev Tu-144 - Wikipedia

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