Fully import-substituted Tu-214 takes to the skies for the first time

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Today, a significant event took place in the modern history of domestic civil aviation. The fully import-substituting passenger airliner Tu-214 took to the air.

In the near future, the aircraft will continue to operate as a flying laboratory for final tests. Based on their results, the airliner will be issued a certificate of airworthiness. In the new Tu-214, absolutely all components are made in Russia, and therefore its production and operation will not depend on the whims of sanctions in third countries.



On the basis of this machine we will continue flight tests, further modernization and development of the Tu-214 platform, including the creation of a two-member cockpit.

– Managing Director of JSC Tupolev Konstantin Timofeev told journalists.


It should be noted that the new airliner was shown to guests at the BRICS summit in Kazan, where the main production facilities of the Tupolev company are located. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov reported that by 2026 the company will be able to produce 20 Tu-214 units annually.

The production capacity of the aircraft plant in Kazan is being expanded by commissioning new workshops. In the next two years, 24 facilities on the territory of the enterprise will be commissioned. 9 of them are already ready for work, the remaining 15 are in various stages of readiness.
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  1. Leontrotsky
    Leontrotsky
    +3
    20 November 2024 18: 29
    Bon voyage! Long-haul airliners are very much needed)))
  2. strange guest
    strange guest
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    20 November 2024 18: 29
    What was originally imported about the Tu-214? Just curious. It has been produced since 1990. It was developed in the late 80s.
    1. Leontrotsky
      Leontrotsky
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      20 November 2024 18: 47
      Mainly imported parts concerned the lining of the garden, radio communication and navigation equipment. But in the aviation industry, even if the supplier of any part changes, the aircraft must undergo re-certification.
      1. strange guest
        strange guest
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        20 November 2024 19: 38
        I think that the parts, chips and microcircuits in radio and navigation equipment are still Chinese. To be honest. As sad as it is..
        1. Leontrotsky
          Leontrotsky
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          20 November 2024 19: 41
          I advise you to watch the military acceptance, there is a film about the TU-214. And the fact that all the parts are original, from the chassis to the electronics, is personally confirmed by both the general designer and those who actually produce all these parts. New workshops are shown, moreover, the presenter visited the contractors. This convinced me, at least.
          1. strange guest
            strange guest
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            20 November 2024 20: 19
            Possibly. Good if so. I know that satellites are equipped with imported chips. I thought that airplanes are equipped with them too.
          2. prior
            prior
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            21 November 2024 11: 18
            If only you knew how many military-grade microcircuits contain crystals from foreign manufacturers!
            1. Leontrotsky
              Leontrotsky
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              21 November 2024 11: 31
              I have another question - where do you know such data from? Do the microcircuit buyers report it?)))) The Military Acceptance shows the production process and if there were foreign components, both the manufacturers and the general would have said so.
              1. prior
                prior
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                21 November 2024 11: 35
                If you mount imported crystals into Yoshkar-Ola cases yourself, then you don’t need any reports from any buyers.
                1. Leontrotsky
                  Leontrotsky
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                  21 November 2024 11: 37
                  Well, here you can say whatever you want)))) I'll believe the general of KAZ more))) I'm sorry))
                  1. prior
                    prior
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                    21 November 2024 11: 39
                    Are you asking me not to believe my own eyes?!
                    Thank. Smiled.
                    1. Leontrotsky
                      Leontrotsky
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                      21 November 2024 11: 40
                      No. Believe in what you want)))) It's your right. The question is about me. I don't trust you. Because here you can say anything.
                    2. Leontrotsky
                      Leontrotsky
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                      21 November 2024 14: 28
                      A small question, I apologize. Do you produce microcircuits for the military-industrial complex or, so to speak, for the mass consumer?
                      1. prior
                        prior
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                        22 November 2024 09: 25
                        If the military wants something, they will turn a blind eye to a lot of things to get it, otherwise they will be left with nothing.
                        Until recently, this was commonplace.
                        You can name examples yourself.
                        Many high-profile scandals of recent years are connected precisely with this.
                        Do you think that military radios contain civilian chips?
                      2. Leontrotsky
                        Leontrotsky
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                        22 November 2024 09: 33
                        Of course not. Well, at least Milandr from Zelenograd produces military-class microcircuits for the military-industrial complex. And they are used in the VKS aircraft, for example, used to create radars, Bius and other avionics. And if attack aircraft have them on board, why not have the TU-214?))) By the way, are you from Zelenograd? If you are going to stuff crystals into cases, where else if not in the Mecca of Russian radio electronics?
                      3. prior
                        prior
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                        22 November 2024 09: 39
                        You see.
                        You are no less informed on this issue than I am. hi
  3. Sancy
    Sancy
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    20 November 2024 21: 43
    This makes me happy! I remembered my past life. All the planes were different! You can't confuse a Tu-134 with a Tu-154 or a Yak-42, an Il-18 with a Tu-114. And now they all look the same to me! I don't know if this is good or bad.
  4. vlad127490
    vlad127490
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    20 November 2024 22: 04
    Let's hope that the statement "fully import-substituting passenger airliner Tu-214" is true.
    Tu-204/214 is a Soviet and Russian medium-range narrow-body passenger aircraft, developed in the late 1980s - early 1990s at the Tupolev Design Bureau. In those distant times, the aircraft was indeed made entirely from Soviet components.
    What they write.
    It is worth noting that the weight of an empty serial Tu-214 in the passenger version is 61 tons, while the weight of its Western classmates, such as the Boeing 737-900 line - 44,5 tons and the Airbus A320 is even less - about 42 tons, then the problem with the weight of the Russian aircraft is more than obvious.
    So there is a lot of work on modernizing the Tu-214, but they don’t write about how they will deal with excess weight.
    1. Mikhail Nasharashev
      Mikhail Nasharashev
      +1
      21 November 2024 03: 10
      but the metal is thick with room to spare))))
    2. Sapsan136
      Sapsan136
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      22 November 2024 19: 32
      Standardization is different... Since the times of the USSR, we have a safety margin of 1,2, in the US and EU it is 747. But on our planes, the fuselage skin has never been torn off in flight, at least I have not heard of such a thing, but on NATO planes, including the XNUMX, this has happened
  5. Mikhail Nasharashev
    Mikhail Nasharashev
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    21 November 2024 03: 10
    What kind of engines are on it?
    1. faiver
      faiver
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      21 November 2024 15: 15
      all the same Ps-90......
  6. Nick. WITH
    Nick. WITH
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    21 November 2024 05: 46
    Did it really work? And at least the paint isn't Chinese?
    1. vlad127490
      vlad127490
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      21 November 2024 12: 22
      It is not necessary to paint aluminum. It will be 150-200 kg lighter.
    2. faiver
      faiver
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      21 November 2024 15: 19
      Listen, why are you saying that? Good paint, a hundred years pass, what color do you need? We'll choose everything.... bully