First In‑Flight Trial of VK‑800 Engine on Yak‑40 Testbed Advances Baikal Program
Novosibirsk, Russia – A Yakovlev Yak-40 flying laboratory lifted off from SibNIA’s Yeltsovka airfield on July 14, logging the first airborne run of UZGA’s new VK-800 turboprop. The 15-minute sortie reached roughly 700 meters and about 340 kilometers per hour. Test crews reported smooth spool-up, steady power delivery, and no abnormal vibrations as the nose-mounted propeller drove the veteran trijet around the circuit.
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