You say what is so exciting about the Russians flying a new plane? Well it just happens to be Sukhoi's Superjet 100, the fruit of almost a decade of efforts by Russia's largest warplane maker -- with big hopes to re-enter the global market for commercial aircraft (fat chance). According to Reuters, the Russians will perform the long-delayed test flight in the first half of May.
The Superjet 100 is designed to seat 75-95 passengers. The flight was originally scheduled to take place in late 2007, but was moved to 2008 for unknown communist reasons.
Also, see the comparison photo of the Boeing 787 to the Superjet 100 -- and in my opinion there really is no comparison...but interesting nonetheless.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Russians to Fly Superjet 100 in May
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Hmm. They both have low-mounted high efficiency wings, they both have turbofans, and they both have windows. Clearly industrial espionage!
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i don't think there's any industrial espionage involved on this. Sukhoi's "RRJ 100" was developed with Seattle's Boeing on board.
in fact Western aero-industrial partners...Snecma, AeroMacchi, GoodYear, and others had a major participations in it.
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