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First Forward Swept Wing Training Jet Plane, Russian SR-10 Makes First Flight
New Russian training jet made by private company Modern Aviation Technologies made its first flight at the airport Oreshkov the Kaluga region. Video footage showed that the first flight was successful.
SR-10 is a single-seat jet composite. Its forward swept wings give the plane an improved stability at low speeds and improved performance takeoff and landing, the news agency reported. Details were not revealed when the first flight took place.
SR-10 has a maximum speed of 559 miles per hour, 932-mile radius, and has a flight ceiling of 19,685 feet.
Modern Aviation Technologies is a privately held group of designers that offer this plane the Russian Air Force.
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Funny, maybe it has something to do with training pilots for this long expected next generation fighter jet:
