Certification tests of the import-substituted short-haul airliner Il-114-300 are in full swing. During the flight on December 21, the aircraft was accelerated to 580 km/h.
The tests took place in Zhukovsky, tail number 54116 spent 2 hours and 1 minute in the air. The maximum flight altitude is 7000 m.
It should be noted that the website of the United Aircraft Corporation states that the cruising speed for the Il-114-300 is 450 km/h. Thus, the crew exceeded it by 130 km/h.
As a reminder, the Il-114-300 is a modernized version of the Il-114 turboprop aircraft, the aircraft will replace the outdated An-24, as well as the foreign Bombardier Dash 8 and ATR 72.
Independent aviation expert Alexey Zakharov warned that the serial production of the Il-114-300 may be associated with problems due to an unadjusted supply chain of components.
The Comprehensive Civil Aviation Development Program states that the Russian Federation will build 51 units of the Il-114-300 by 2030. However, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov stated that after the certification of the "Ila", "Superjet" and MS-21-310, the figures in the CCDP will be revised.
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