April 23, 2004 at 1:35 am
This year Aviastar- SP has finished the construction of another
An-124-100. recently the new RUSLAN has left the final assembly
workshop. According to the pree service of the entrprise, the
liner is designed for the POLYOT air company. A contract for the
construction of this air plane was signed three years ago. But
actually the active construction of it was started a year
later. CJsts of its construction were equally borne by the
aircraft – building plant and the customer. As the customer
company wished, a fuselage of An-124- 100 has been reinforced
to have a carrying capacity of 150 tons. At present the aircraft
is at the flying test station for flying tests. After that
RUSLAN will be delivered to the customer.