Volga Dnepr An124-100 Transports Superjet 100 Test Airframe

Superjet 100 Delivery By An124-100

A Volga Dnepr An124-100 was used by Sukhoi yesterday to carry the sixth Sukhoi Superjet 100 airframe (MSN 95006) to Novosibirsk where it will undergo fatigue testing.

The test airframe was flown on board an Antonov An-124 freighter on 3 November from the Sukhoi assembly plant at Komsomolsk-on-Amur to the Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute in Novosibirsk.

The Superjet 100 fuselage will be mated with its wings and tail before the test programme begins which Sukhoi says will confirm the aircraft's specified operating life of 70,000 flight hours as well as confirming the schedule intervals for the aircraft's maintenance programme.