29 JANUARY, 2018 - SOURCE:
FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM - BY: DOMINIC PERRY - LONDON
Russia's United Aircraft has flown the first remanufactured Tupolev
Tu-160, with the supersonic aircraft performing a short flight from Kazan on 25
January.
Watched by a crowd of VIPs
including Russian president Vladimir Putin, the 7min sortie was performed at an
altitude of 300m, to check the aircraft's handling characteristics.
As well as modernising the
aircraft with new avionics and engines, Tupolev has made extensive alterations
to the existing airframe.
The Tu-160 was last produced in
2008 and the current upgrade process is part of an effort to re-establish the
final assembly facility in Kazan.
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