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Ground Tests of Superconducting Electric Aircraft Engine Begin in Russia Our Bureau 3297 Ground test of Superconducting electric engine on Yak-40 aircraft. Image @tvzvezda Ground tests of the world’s first electric hybrid aircraft engine based on a superconducting system has commenced in Chaplygin in Novosibirsk, Russia. Following the successful ground tests, a flying laboratory based on the Yak-40 aircraft will be created, according to the General Director of the Research Center Zhukovsky, Andrey Dutov. The General Director added that such aircraft should commence flying around 2030. The engine has no comparables in the world, and representatives of Airbus and Siemens approached the institute with a proposal for cooperation. ....