#Russia has joined the "elite aviation club" Russia. Zhukovsky. The hangar of the Gromov Flight Research Institute. The President climbs into the cockpit of an import-substituting Superjet and takes the pilot's seat. Next to him are an Il-114-300 and an MC-21-310. Those same three aircraft that Western "well-wishers" wrote off back in 2022. Remember the chorus? "Without Boeing and Airbus, you'll fly on crop dusters." "Without American avionics and #French engines—never.