Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“Sukhoi Superjet 100 – is dynamically developing program. The installation of the saberlets allows to simultaneously improve the take-off and landing performance. Moreover, fuel effectiveness will improve. Customers will be able to decrease the fuel consumption for no less than 4 percent.

Source: Denis Manturov, Minister for Industry and Trade of Russian Federation, discussing the flight test program of the SSJ100 with the horizontal wing tips has been successfully completed at an airport in Zhukovsky, Russia. Two Sukhoi SSJ100 with serial numbers 95032 and 95157 fitted with the horizontal wing tips took part in the testing. One of them had ice simulators of special shape on the leading edge and the empennage.

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