The United Aircraft Corporation has published a video of the first flight of the Tu-160M strategic missile carrier. The new aircraft is the first built from scratch in post-Soviet Russia. Previous missile carriers were created using factory stock, or were converted from combat Tu-160.
The plane in yellow factory paint took off from the airfield of the aircraft factory in Kazan - the only enterprise in Russia where new missile carriers are assembled, repaired and modernized already built. The flight lasted about half an hour, the plane rose to an altitude of 600 meters, performed several simple maneuvers and landed.
- Today's flight is a great work of the whole team. And although it is a type of Tu-160, it is a completely new aircraft. Not only because it is built from scratch. It is made on a completely different level. This applies to both production technology and internal equipment. And he has much more opportunities," said Victor Minashkin, the chief pilot of PJSC Tupolev. According to him, the car showed itself perfectly in flight.
Anton Valagin
