TOKYO, Nov. 7 – RIA Novosti, Xenia Naka. Japan’s first jet airliner MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet) on Saturday successfully tested for acceleration to a speed of 220 kilometers per hour.
On Friday and Saturday the company Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has achieved path of the aircraft at high speed, resulting in the aircraft for the first time been able to pull from the ground front landing gear, Kyodo news agency reported. At the airport in Aichi Prefecture, which were tested, fans gathered new offspring Japanese aircraft.
The first parts for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which is to become the first jet aircraft fully manufactured in Japan, were created five years ago. The first test flight was scheduled for May of this year, however, for technical reasons, repeatedly postponed. According to agency sources in the company, tests carried out on Saturday, should be the final step before a test flight MRJ, which is scheduled to take place from 9 to 15 November. The exact date will be determined based on the weather forecast.
Designed subsidiary of Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation – the regional jet aircraft Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) was presented to the public last October. The flight range of the aircraft, according to the company, half to 3.5 thousand kilometers. It is expected that customers will be able to get the plane already in 2017.
Currently, the MRJ is available in several versions. The first version of MRJ 70 has a capacity of 78 seats. The second option MRJ 90 with an elongated fuselage is designed for 92 passengers. The Company does not exclude that in the future you may receive a modification of a capacity of about 100 seats.
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