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Russia’s UWCA Starts Flight Trials For Antonov An-2 Replacement

LMS-901
The LMS-901 Baikal light turboprop aircraft on its first flight.
Credit: UWCA
MOSCOW—The Russian aircraft industry continues to develop new aircraft types as part of a government-backed effort to avoid imports from elsewhere. In line with this aim, Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA), a private company based in Yekaterinburg, performed first flight of the LMS-901 Baikal light...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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