Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Flies with New Engines

Tu-160M
Credit: UAC
MOSCOW—The modernized Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber made its first flight with new NK-32 series 2 engines on Nov. 3, Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) reported. The aircraft took off from the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant and flew for 2 hr., 20 min. at altitudes of up to 6,000 m. The...
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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