Comments:New regional jet takes off from St. Petersburg, Russia

The aircraft that come out of the former Soviet nations are actually often quite good products perfectly capable of anything the Boeing, Airbus, Embraer or Bombardier competitors can do at a fraction of the price. Antonov, Ilyushin, Sukhoi and Tupolev are unfairly overlooked. Perhaps when Western airlines remember that the poorer models are a thing of the past and that the Cold War thawed out a long time ago then the manufacturers dominating the sector will have a major fall from grace. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:18, 26 December 2009 (UTC)