February 12 2010, Komsomolsk-on-Amur - On February 4 the fourth SSJ100 prototype SN 95005 has taken to the skies.

The aircraft was captained by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft’s test pilots Sergey Korostiev and Alexander Ivanov. During a 2 hour and 45 minute flight, the pilot crew was able to examine systems integrity and performance as well as their readiness towards certification trials.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95005 has embraced all modifications entailed by the certification tests to perfectly match the final standard certificate configuration of the aircraft.

Under the certification campaign, SSJ100 prototype SN 95005 will undergo a complex evaluation of onboard equipment and avionics as well as failure safety tests. Moreover, this aircraft will see fire protection and inert gas system testing. Furthermore, Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95005 will host the crew pilot trainings for our first customers. The first ever conference on crew trainings for Aeroflot took place in September 2009.

In order to provide a smooth and regular certification flight test pace and comply with the schedule aimed at the AR IAC Type certificate acquisition, the aircraft 95005 was powered with the engines that had been taken off the first flight prototype SSJ100 SN 95001. 95001 had completed the test campaign and delivered 280 flights.

 Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, says, “With another prototype in the certification program, we will be able to deliver 75 flights monthly, which is a very good figure in the global practice of flight certification campaigns. Provided that engines are certificated and delivered in due time, we will acquire the Type Certificate in middle 2010”.

SERGEY KOROSTIEV

Test-Pilot

The youngest SCAC test-pilot joined the SSJ100 Project in 2007 after being Gromov LII test pilot. A graduate of Higher Military Engineering Academy, he served as a pilot for 10 years in the Russian Air Force. He is a 1999 graduate from Test-Pilot School. Throughout his flight career he had mastered over 40 type of aircraft, including fighter jets, commercial airplanes and helicopters. Parallel to his test-flight activity Sergey Korostiev worked as a commercial pilot on the Il-76, An-12 as well as the Hawker aircraft family.

In 2006 together with Anatoly Kvochur they followed 15 hour long nonstop flight after Chkalov route to the Russian Far East and back. Sergey Korostiev has an experience of 3500 flight hours, including over 1,200 in test-flights.

Sergey Korostiev is holder of the Order of Courage.

ALEXANDER IVANOV

Test-Pilot

A graduate of the Chernigovsk Higher Military Aviation Pilot School, Alexander Ivanov started his flight career in 1979. In the year 1986 he graduated from the Akhtuba Test Pilot School and set to work at the State Flight Test Center named after Chkalov.

Having joined the Sukhoi Superjet 100 team in May 2006, Mr. Ivanov initially dealt with avionics development and returned to his flight test activity at the turn of the year 2007 with elaboration of the SCAC’s flight operations. Throughout his flight career, Alexander has piloted more than 30 aircraft types; he was a pilot instructor on four of them. 

Alexander Ivanov has spent more than 3,500 hours in flight, including 1,000 hours in test flights.

 In 1995 he became Holder of the Order of Courage for ship-based aircraft testing in the Polar Region.