Iran’s First Military Transport Turboprop Takes To The Air

Simorgh
Credit: IRNA
Iran’s first indigenous light military transport aircraft—Simorgh—made its first flight on May 30, Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Mohammadreza Ashtiani says. The transporter flew from the air base in Isfahan in the central part of the country. The 20-min. flight reached an altitude of 8,000 ft. (about...
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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