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Yak-40 testbed carries out first flight with UZGA VK-800 engine

Siberian aerospace research institute SibNIA has carried out the first test flight of a Yakovlev Yak-40 fitted with the UZGA VK-800 engine. The Novosibirsk-based institute says the flight is to ...
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Russia Flight Tests New VK-800 Turboprop Engine On Yak-40

Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation (UWCA) has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 turboprop engine. The July 14 tests saw the engine mounted on the nose of a ...
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Video: Experimental Aircraft with VK-800 Engine Conducts First Test Flight in Russia

The Yak-40 flying laboratory, operated by the Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) and named after S.A. Chaplygin, successfully completed the first test flight with the VK-800 turboprop ...
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Flying laboratory with VK-800 engine completed test flight

The VK-800 engine demonstrated stable operation and all the systems functioned normally, test engineers said in conclusion of the first flight YEKATERINBURG, July 14. /TASS/. A flying laboratory based ...