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MiG-29KUB two-seat naval fighter jet made the first touch-and-go landings
last week on the Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikramaditya, Sevmash
shipyard said on Monday. The ship is currently undergoing sea trials
in the Barents Sea off the north coast of Russia.
The jet, piloted by navy test-pilots Col. Nikolai Diorditsa and Mikhail
Belyaev, completed several approaches to the carrier and finally made
a touch-and-go landing.
MiG-29KUB
during sea trials onboard Admiral Kuznetsov
(picture: Alexey Polyakov/MiG)
The Vikramaditya, formerly
the Russian Navy's Admiral Gorshkov, is to be handed over to India after
the trials after a much-delayed refit.
The ship was extensively modified to undertake STOBAR (short takeoff but
assisted recovery) operations with MiG-29K naval fighter aircraft, as
well as receiving new air defense, communications and navigations systems.
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