The Baikal aircraft has passed flight tests

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09:50; 28 May 2025 year
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The Baikal aircraft has passed flight tests and confirmed the absence of design errors. This was announced at the UZGA aircraft factory. According to  It is planned that the work on the creation of Baikal aircraft will be completed on time. They are being developed to replace the decommissioned An-2 fleet.

On Monday, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, speaking in the State Duma, noted that a href is allocated for the production of the Baikal aircraft.https://business-magazine.online/fn_1669614.html">all necessary facilities lt;/a gt;to support production and development. 

Let us remind you that in early April 2025, a state contract was signed with UZGA to carry out development work on the creation of a regional aircraft with a domestic power plant. The contractor must manufacture new and refine existing prototypes of the engine, propeller and aircraft LMS-901 (Baikal), carry out certification work, and prepare documentation for obtaining certificates.