The "Yakovlev" company (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec) dedicated the names of its founders - Alexander Yablontsev, Viktor Subbotin, Yuri Ivashechkin and Igor Vinogradov - to four experienced "Superjets" SJ-100 for the 25th anniversary of the formation of the "Regional Aircraft" branch.
Three named experienced aircraft within the import substitution program have already been connected to the flight test program, and another aircraft is used to develop a number of technical solutions to support the operation of the flying SSJ-100 fleet.
The aircraft with serial number (s/n) 97001 was named in honor of the first test pilot of GSS, Alexander Yablontsev. In May 2008, he first raised the aircraft into the sky over Komsomolsk-on-Amur, under his leadership, test pilots not only conducted the entire complex of flight tests of the aircraft, but also took an active part in supporting the introduction of a new type of aircraft into operation in Russian and foreign airlines.
Aircraft s/n 95157 was named after Viktor Subbotin, the first president of the company "Civil Aircraft of Sukhoi". Under his leadership, a new company was created, an international cooperation was formed, the first contracts for the SSJ-100 were signed, production began and flight tests of the machine started.
Aircraft s/n 97003 was named after the first Chief Designer of the SSJ-100, Yuri Ivashechkin. He came to the program as an experienced aircraft designer who had participated in the development of a number of Sukhoi Design Bureau aircraft.
Aircraft s/n 95005 was named in honor of the Deputy General Director for Certification and Quality of Civil Aviation Technology, Igor Vinogradov. He became one of the founders of the modern Russian system for certification of passenger aircraft and aviation industry enterprises.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the American F-35B borrowed the Russian idea of the last century for the function of vertical take-off and landing.
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