The sea trial of INS Vikramaditya (formerly the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov), which is being modernised in Severodvinsk, is scheduled to start in late May and will include MiG-29K naval fighter landing tests and checks of the aircraft systems. During the first three weeks, specialists will focus primarily on running trials, while the aircraft systems will be tested in June and July.
It is planned to check all of INS Vikramaditya’s aircraft systems, which will include landing tests of the MiG-29K fighters and Ka-31 and Ka-27 naval helicopters on the flight deck. In April, aviation fuel systems will be washed, and aircraft fuel will be delivered to the ship. Right now, radar stations and navigation systems are being set up, non-slip coating is being applied to the deck, and the bow and stern aircraft lifts are being tested. Representatives of Russian Aircraft Corporation (RAC) MiG have been invited to observe test flights on the air carrier.
19/04/12 Voyenno-promishlenny vestnik (Military-industrial courier)/Russia & India Report
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