Sukhoi Superjet Completes Water Ingestion Tests

Will Horton

on June 18, 2010 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 has completed runway water ingestion trials at the company's test centre in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

The tests using Superjet MSN 95003 confirmed that the aircraft's two PowerJet SaM146 engines and auxiliary power unit continued to operate normally while travelling along the wet runway at a full range of speeds preceding take-off. Continue reading...