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Saturday, March 08, 2014

Russian fifth-generation jetfighter T-50 undergoes official flight tests

Su PAK-FA T-50The Russian Air Force is getting down to the official testing of their T-50 fifth-generation jetfighter in what is evidence that the aircraft is actually ready and can soon be passed into service.

The T-50 flight tests have been scheduled to start at the Akhtubinsk flight test centre in March or April this year.

Five aircraft are due to be tested, with the fifth T-50 having taken off in October 2013. Just a month later, the overall number of flights exceeded 450.

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