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Siberian aerospace research institute SibNIA has carried out the first test flight of a Yakovlev Yak-40 fitted with the UZGA ...

Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation (UWCA) has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 ...

A one-tenth scale model of the aircraft, known as the CBJ, ... Yak-40 testbed prepares for flights with VK-800 engine for UZGA models. 2025-06-27T09:57:00Z By David Kaminski-Morrow.

A Russian research agency is preparing to begin the first flight tests of a superconducting electric motor powering an aircraft. The modified Yakovlev Yak-40 airliner has begun taxi tests in ...