Superjet Carries Russia's Hopes for Aircraft Industry Rebirth

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Russia will todayseek a boost for President Vladimir Putin's bid to revive its once mighty aviation industry by rolling out its first modern commercial airliner for the global market - the Superjet.

Built by the former Soviet Union's largest warplane maker Sukhoi, whose Su-27 fighter family was designed for combat with Boeing's F- 15 Eagle, the civil Superjet is a 78 to 98 seat regional airliner developed in co-operation with its old Cold War foe.

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Superjet Carries Russia's Hopes for Aircraft Industry Rebirth

The new civil plane will be unveiled at a Sukhoi military factory at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East. Its September maiden flight has been delayed for a month or two.

While Boeing's involvement in d...

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