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First Production Su-35S Takes Off
Flight tests of the first production Sukhoi Su-35S</
The first production Sukhoi Su-35S made its first flight at Komsomolsk-na-Amur in early May.
The first production Sukhoi Su-35S made its first flight at Komsomolsk-na-Amur in early May.

Flight tests of the first production Sukhoi Su-35S to be built by JSC KNAAPO at Komsomolsk-na-Amur began on May 5. The initial test flight from KNAAPO’s Dzemgi facility lasted around 90 minutes, and was flown by Sergei Bogdan.

This first production machine, one of 48 ordered by the Russian air force in August 2009, will be used initially for acceptance testing, with first deliveries to the air force due before year-end. All 48 are to be delivered by 2015. Three Su-35 prototypes were built, the first flying in February 2008, although the third was lost the following year.

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