Dzemgi Airport, улица Жуковского, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, 681007, RussiaSukhoi Civil Aircraft
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Sukhoi's technical review of the flight says 'The aircraft took off at 16:47 local time, gaining the altitude of 1200 m'; AIN dates the first flight 'May 19'. Local time taken as Vladivostok summer time (UTC+11) in force in 2008, so 05:47Z.[1]Russia's first new post-Soviet airliner, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype, took off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur on 19 May 2008 and flew for 1 hour 5 minutes to 1,200 m with test pilots Alexander Yablontsev and Leonid Chikunov.
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