Turkey’s Kaan Fighter Passes First Flight Hurdle

Kaan fighter prototype

Primer-color parts give away some of the modifications made to the prototype Kaan to enable its Feb. 21 first flight.

Credit: Turkish Aerospace Industries
Turkey’s flagship efforts to develop an advanced indigenous combat aircraft have achieved their initial major milestone: first flight. Ministers, engineers and industry leaders had waited almost 14 years for the 13-min. first flight of the Kaan prototype, which took to the skies over Ankara on Feb...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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