Flight successfully tested ultra-light VAM1 aircraft

Pilot Pham Duy Long on the VAM1

After a delay of trial flight for many reasons, at 9:30 am on December 8, the VAM1 (small propeller aircraft carrying 2 people) led by the Vietnam Mechanics Association took off at the yard. fly Trong Trong, Long Thanh, Dong Nai.

After receiving orders from the President of the Test Flight Council - Colonel Luong Quoc Bao (the council consisting of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Transport), pilot Pham Duy Long made the flight. First VAM1 aircraft assembled by Vietnam with three successive ups and downs.

The first time, the pilot took off at a speed of about 60km / h, flew a round with a 200m altitude and landed to check the tires, tires and technical details.

The second time, VAM1 flew two rounds with a height of 300 m.

For the third time, the pilot flying round 8 on the left and 8 on the right at an altitude of 500-800 m with a tilt of 15-250.

At the end of the three flights, the Test Flight Council telephoned and announced the successful results of the flight for Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem.

Earlier, on the morning of December 7, the Flight Test Council also allowed flight testing with altitudes below 5m.