BERIEV Aircraft Company

No. 77 dt. September 4, 2004.

Dear sirs ! 10 world records (C-2 and C-3 classes) were set by Be-200 aircraft (RA-21511) during two flights on the 4th of September, 2004. The following world records in C-2i class (amphibian aircraft - take-off and landing on water) were set by Be-200 aircraft (Pilot-in-command- R.Yesayan) during first flight: Maximum altitude of flight without cargo; Maximum altitude of flight with payload of 1000, 2000 and 5000 kg; Maximum altitude in level flight Flight crew who performed the record flight was as follows: Pilot-in-command - test pilot - Ruben T. Yesayan Co-pilot - test pilot - Konstantin P. Parkhomenko Flight engineer - senior test engineer - Pavel A. Lyashkov Totally, 5 records have been set during the flight. The following world records in C-3i class (amphibian aircraft - take-off and landing on water and in the airport of Anapa) were set by Be-200 aircraft during second flight: Maximum altitude of flight without cargo; Maximum altitude of flight with payload of 1000, 2000 and 5000 kg; Maximum altitude in level flight (flight without cargo) Flight crew who performed the record flight was as follows: Pilot-in-command - test pilot - Konstantin P. Parkhomenko Co-pilot - test pilot - Ruben T. Yesayan Flight engineer - senior test engineer - Grigory G. Kalyuzhny Totally, 5 records have been set during the flight. All the results achieved during record flights are preliminary and will be officially approved in three months (according to FAI regulations) Representative of FAI - Tatyana A. Polozova - Sports commissar of Russian National Aeroclub named after Chkalov. 24 world records have been already set by Be-200 amphibian aircraft.

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