Russia's 5th-gen fighter makes first flight - Sukhoi

MOSCOW | Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:17am EST

MOSCOW Jan 29 (Reuters) - A new Russian "fifth-generation" stealth fighter plane made a "successful" first flight on Friday, a spokeswoman for planemaker Sukhoi said.

"The plane performed very well. All our expectations for this first flight were met," Sukhoi spokeswoman Olga Kayukova said on Rossiya 24 television.

(Writing by Steve Gutterman)

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