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Russian Aviaton » Friday August 13, 2021 18:23 MSK
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Russia’s latest Ilyushin Il-112V military transport plane has made a flight to the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow and will be unveiled to guests of the Army-2021 forum, the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the state tech corporation Rostec) announced on Friday.
"The first prototype of the Il-112V new light military transport plane made a flight on August 13 from the Voronezh Aviation Enterprise (within the UAC’s transport aviation cluster of Rostec) to the Ilyushin Company’s base in the suburban town of Zhukovsky to prepare for participation in the 7th Army-2021 international military-technical forum," the statement says.
The plane was piloted by chief pilot of the Ilyushin Aircraft Company, 1st-class test pilot, Hero of Russia Nikolai Kuimov, 1st-class test pilot Dmitry Komarov and 1st-class test flight engineer Nikolai Khludeyev, the press office said.
"This is an important event for our factory and for the entire domestic aircraft-building industry. We are proud that the first Il-112V military transport plane prototype built at the Voronezh Aviation Enterprise will take part in the country’s key annual military event, the Army-2021 international military-technical forum. The participation in the forum is another serious stage in implementing this program," the press office quoted Voronezh Aviation Enterprise Managing Director Farit Sharafeyev as saying.
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