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 DOCN 000028049
 CLAS UNCLAS 3A/RUSSTV
 WARN WARNING: THIS ITEM CORRESPONDS TO ITEM NO. 19 OF LD'2401195094
 (241800 PROGRAM SUMMARY)
 SERI SERIAL:   PM2601171994
 PASS PASS:     ATTN VIDEO NAVY
 COUN COUNTRY: RUSSIA
 SUBJ SUBJ:     PLANE MAKERS IN ENGLAND TO ADVERTISE THEIR WARES
 SOUR SOURCE;   MOSCOW OSTANKINO TELEVISION FIRST CHANNEL NETWORK IN
 RUSSIAN 1800 GMT 24 JAN 94
 TEXT TEXT:
 //((FROM THE "NOVOSTI" NEWSCAST:  VIDEO REPORT FROM BIRMINGHAM,
 ENGLAND BY OLEG SHOMMER, MIKHAIL GOLTSEV, IDENTIFIED BY. CAPTION))
 ((EXCERPT))   ((PASSAGE OMITTED SHOWING BIRMINGHAM STREET SCENES,
 DESCRIBING CLEANLINESS))   ((18174.7))   ((SHOMMER OVER VIDEO OF
 AIRPORT ARRIVAL AND PRESENTATION SCENES))   SARATOV AIRCRAFT
 BUILDERS,  DESIGNERS FROM THE YAKOVLEV DESIGN BUREAU, AND CENTRAL
 AERODYNAMICS INSTITUTE SPECIALISTS HAVE BEEN INVITED. TO ENGLAND TO
 PRESENT THEIR OUTPUT FOR ASSESSMENT BY POTENTIAL FUTURE BUYERS.
 INCIDENTALLY,  JUDGING BY THE INTEREST SHOWN BY THE LOCAL
 AUTHORITIES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL CIRCLES
 IN THE NEW GENERATION OF YAK AIRCRAFT,, WHOSE PRODUCTION IS NOW
 BEING SET UP IN THE VOLGA CITY, CONQUERING THE WESTERN MARKET IS
 NOT JUST A PIPE DREAM.
 THIS 120-SEAT AIRCRAFT FITTED WITH MODERNIZED NAVIGATIONAL
 EQUIPMENT AND AVIONICS CAN TAKE OFF AND LAND IN VIRTUALLY ANY
 WEATHER.   THE LEVEL OF COMFORT MATCHES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
 ((VIDEO SHOWS GLOSSY PICTURES AND AIRCRAFT CABIN))
 THE PLANT IS PLANNING IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO EMBARK ON THE
 PRODUCTION OF A NEW EIGHT-SEATER PASSENGER BUSINESS JET WHOSE
 SPECIFICATIONS WILL RIVAL ITS BRITISH COMPETITOR, PRODUCED BY
 BRITISH AEROSPACE.   THIS IS THE COMPANY WHICH IS ALSO TAKING PART
 IN BUILDING THE NOW WIDELY-KNOWN AIRBUS.   AS DISTINCT FROM THE
 PRACTICE IN OUR COUNTRY IN RECENT YEARS, THIS IS A GRAPHIC EXAMPLE
 OF COOPERATION AMONG LEADING WESTERN COUNTRIES.
 *    THE NEWS THAT A GENUINE FLYING SAUCER IS BEING ASSEMBLED IN
 SARATOV PROVED A SENSATION.   THIS FUNDAMENTALLY NEW AIRCRAFT, WHICH
 COMBINES WING AND FUSELAGE, NEEDS NO AIRFIELDS.   A SOFT LANDING ON
 LAND OR WATER IS POSSIBLE BY MEANS OF AN AIR CUSHION.   ITS PAYLOAD
 IS UP TO HALF ITS OWN WEIGHT.   THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN AVIATION
 HISTORY.
 IT WOULD BE A PITY IF THIS UNIQUE CRAFT, WHICH HAS NO PARALLEL
 AND WHICH,  I BELIEVE, WOULD BE GLADLY WELCOMED AT ANY FOREIGN
 *AIRFIELD, WERE TO REMAIN AN "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT" IN ITS OWN
 COUNTRY.  ((VIDEO AIRPORT AND CONFERENCE SCENES,  GLOSSY PICTURES OF
 *AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT,  "FLYING SAUCER" FROM VARIOUS
 ANGLES IN HANGAR))
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