From Antarctica to India: The Pilot Behind Russia’s New Regional Airliner Speaks
Sergey Sukhar, an Honored Test Pilot of Russia, has operated aircraft for more than thirty years, in which errors are quantified in lives rather...
Why CFM’s LEAP-1A Outperforms Russia’s PD-14 in Key Areas
Russia's PD-14 turbofan has become one of the country's most important civil aviation achievements in decades. This is the first entirely modern Russian commercial...
Russia’s Chief Test Pilot Reveals Why the Il-76 Refuses to Retire
The Il-76 is far more than just a military transport aircraft for Sergei Sukhar, Honored Test Pilot of Russia and Chief Pilot of the...
MC-21 Receives Smart Runway Safety Upgrade for PD-14 Engine-Out Landings
The Russian-built MC-21 passenger airliner has stepped closer to improving operational safety by introducing a new runway-direction control system. This system is intended to...
New Factories, New Technology, New Safety Systems: Russia Pushes MC-21 Forward
Russia has taken another major step toward strengthening its domestic civil aviation industry by advancing three critical elements of the MC-21 programme and other...