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Friday, April 20, 2012

INS Vikramaditya air wing to be tested in June

[INS Vikramaditya]The sea trial of INS Vikramaditya (formerly the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov), which is being modernised in Severodvinsk, is scheduled to start in late May and will include MiG-29K naval fighter landing tests and checks of the aircraft systems.

During the first three weeks, specialists will focus primarily on running trials, while the aircraft systems will be tested in June and July.

It is planned to check all of INS Vikramaditya’s aircraft systems, which will include landing tests of the MiG-29K fighters and Ka-31 and Ka-27 naval helicopters on the flight deck.

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