Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted May 19, 2008 Russia's Superjet Makes Maiden Test Flight May 19, 2008 Russia's first new passenger plane since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, the Superjet-100, took off on its maiden test flight on Monday, inching Moscow closer to the lucrative regional civil aviation market. As president, Vladimir Putin spearheaded efforts to revive Russia's aviation industry through the Superjet-100, a regional jet which can carry between 75 - 95 passengers but the project has been hit a series of delays. "The plane took off at 10 a.m. (0600 GMT) Moscow time, flew for an hour and then landed," a source at makers Sukhoi Civil Aviation said. The first flight was due in late 2007, but was postponed repeatedly, raising questions about Sukhoi's ability to meet tight production targets for its main launch customer, Russian airline Aeroflot. The Superjet has a list price of USD$29 million and Sukhoi hopes to sell at least 800, with production of 60 to 70 planes a year by 2010. It has firm orders for about 73 of the aircraft. US planemaker Boeing is jointly developing the Superjet. The plane must now make about 100 successful flights to pass safety criteria. Aeroflot is due to take possession of the first of 30 planes by the end of 2008. Other major purchasers include Russian regional airline Air Union, with an order of 15 planes and Russia's state-owned Finance Leasing Company with an order of 10 planes, the planemaker has said. Sukhoi has also drawn up aggressive export targets together with Italian partner Alenia Aeronautica, with plans to sell 500 planes abroad. At stake is the market for regional jets dominated by Brazil's Embraer and Bombardier of Canada, though that is relatively small compared with the USD$60 billion spent annually on big jets made by Boeing and Airbus. Sukhoi's new plane also pitches it against Chinese and Japanese firms racing to invest in regional jet transport -- a market that offers a chance to flex industrial muscle without the colossal sums needed to challenge Airbus or Boeing. Key to the Superjet's success is a deal between Sukhoi and Italian aerospace firm Finmeccanica, whose Alenia Aeronautica unit has 25 percent of Sukhoi's civil division. Alenia, which co-owns Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR with Airbus parent EADS, plans to provide after-sales service and support that are both crucial for winning contracts. Putin forged a giant new state aircraft holding company, known as United Aviation Corporation (UAC), to revive Russia's aviation industry. Sukhoi is part of UAC. The Superjet will replace Russia's Soviet-made fleet of Tupolev Tu-134 and Yakovlev Yak-42 planes on domestic routes. (Reuters) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted May 19, 2008 Heres a video from youtube.. SuperJet :yahoo::yahoo: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Looks rather like the Airbus 320 family Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Cross-section from Flight Int. Nose stripes look like Crest toothpaste.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Looks rather like the Airbus 320 family Yup. almost the same. easiest to differentiate is the Sukhoi has a 'pointed' nose cone but A320 is more rounded. and the a300's wingtip design... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Wow BTW,what's the seating capacity for the SSJ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) 1. Superjet 100-60 - 63 passengers 2. Superjet 100-75 - 78 4. Superjet 100-95 -98 SSJ is not comparable to the A320, its more to the Embraer E-Jets family. Edited May 20, 2008 by MIR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Looks more like Embraer 175 minus winglets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E Faizal 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 cockpit... hmmm... really look like airbus... but LCD - like learjet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Is she carrying a pair of home grown or western engines? Man, aircraft design seems to be getting really boring compared to the range of variety we have in the 60s until the 80s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y. J. Foo 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) Is she carrying a pair of home grown or western engines? It's powered by SaM146 from PowerJet, which, according to Wikipedia, is a JV between France's Snecma and Russian NPO Saturn. Snecma is in charge of the core engine, control system (FADEC), transmissions (accessory gearbox, transfer gearbox), overall engine integration and flight testing. NPO Saturn is responsible for the components in the low pressure section and engine installation on the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircraft and ground testing. Wikipedia Edited May 20, 2008 by Y. J. Foo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 KLC was interested in this jet before, but due to repeated delays, choose for the E190 instead... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeqa 1 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Air Asia could buy it and name it Express Air Asia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hakan 2 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 she is looks like mixed A319 and E190. Looks like E190 from outside and cockpit looks like typical Airbus but mixed Embraer mode control panel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teoh Z Yao 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Ahh... Nice one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 Thanks for the link, Miroslav, A few comments: - funny anti-collision lights - why white 'stripe' under nose ? something to do with reflection ? - CEO looks Armenian/Georgian to me and not Russian - a few 'hotties' parked in the background...any idea where this testflight was performed ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sung 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2008 The entry door doesn't seems to have life boat and door trim, hahaha... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) A few comments: - funny anti-collision lights - why white 'stripe' under nose ? something to do with reflection ? - CEO looks Armenian/Georgian to me and not Russian - a few 'hotties' parked in the background...any idea where this testflight was performed ? Sorry Pieter, i've no idea bout the stripes n the lights. The first test flight was at Dzemgi Airport, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai (Russian Far East). Erm..'hotties' ? You mean the AN-124? I'm not pretty sure bout it, but i heard that after they completed the ground tests at Zhukovsky, the SSJ was transported back to Dzemgi by the Ruslan. Edited May 21, 2008 by MIR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted May 21, 2008 MAS will be one of the customers using the SSJ livery ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chee Yong 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2008 It is relatively small compared to A310 family. I wonder how is the sales of this superjet?? Please correct if I'm wrong, thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted May 22, 2008 There are about 150 orders received..Aeroflot will be the primary user with 45 SSJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fitri Shukri 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2008 MAS will be one of the customers using the SSJ livery ?? MIR, Wow, very nice looking design. Can you do it in Firefly livery? Imagine this in Firefly, flying from Subang to destinations in Indonesia, rivalling Air Asia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted May 22, 2008 The Russians are back!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted May 22, 2008 MIR, Wow, very nice looking design. Can you do it in Firefly livery? Imagine this in Firefly, flying from Subang to destinations in Indonesia, rivalling Air Asia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
