Maiden flight for Tu-160M2

NEWS Headlines The first Tu-160M2 prototype, serial 8-04, is named ‘Petr Deyneken’ after the former Russian Air Force chief. UAC THE FIRST upgraded Tu-160M2 strategic bomber has begun flight trials. On January 25 the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) released a video of the aircraft’s maiden flight, which is reported to have taken place the previous week. The first Tu-160M2 was rolled out at the Kazan Aviation Factory’s S P Gorbunov assembly facility in Kazan, southwest Russia, on November 16 (see