T-50 Stealth Fighter Makes Maiden Long Range Flight

The fourth prototype of Russian 5th generation stealth fighter aircraft, PAK-FA T-50 made its maiden long flight to the airport of M.M.Gr...

The fourth prototype of Russian 5th generation stealth fighter aircraft, PAK-FA T-50 made its maiden long flight to the airport of M.M.Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky near Moscow.
The flight of the aircraft was performed for the first time with several intermediate stops from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, production location of these aircraft at the Y.A.Gagarin (KnAAZ) aviation plant.
The plane flew 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles), making two landings, in Abakan and Chelyabinsk, on the way to the Russian capital.

The T-50-4 was piloted by the Distinguished test pilot of the Russian Federation, the Hero of Russia Sergey Bogdan. The aircraft performed well during the flight. There were no reprimands on the performance of engines, systems or equipment.
The first flight of the T-50-4 took place at the airfield "Dzemgi" of Komsomolsk-on-Amur on December 12 last year and lasted forty minutes. The flight was successful and in full accordance with the flight plan.
The first flight of the T-50 fighter took place on January 29, 2010. At present, the work is going ona whole range of ground and flight tests of three aircraft. Soon the T-50-4 fighter will join the tests.To date more than 200 flights were carried out under the flight test program.