Turkish Kaan Fighter Jet Makes Much-Anticipated Second Flight

kaan second flight still image from video

A still image captured from the video of Kaan's second flight released by Turkish Aerospace Industries.

Credit: TAI
Turkey’s indigenous combat aircraft, the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Kaan, has made its long-awaited second flight. Company test pilot Gökhan Bayramoğlu took the prototype Kaan up to 10,000 ft. during the 14-min. flight from the OEM’s base in Turkish capital Ankara on May 6, almost three...
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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