Moscow, March 17 -- Russian aircraft Superjet made its first flight with Russian engine PD-8 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, thus beginning flight tests of the engine as part of the aircraft, state corporation Rostec said.
"The prototype of the Superjet aircraft made its first flight with domestic PD-8 engines. It took place in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and marked the beginning of flight tests of the PD-8 as part of the Superjet. The flight was performed by a crew consisting of test pilots Dmitry Aleksandrovich Demenev, Igor Yuryevich Grevtsev and flight operator Maxim Grigoryevich Grukanov. The aircraft was in the air for about 40 minutes, reached a speed of 500 kilometers per hour and an altitude of up to 3,000 meters," Rostec noted.
After landing, the...