Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 (S/N 95004) has completed cold-soak trials in Yakutsk, in Russia’s Far East, and returned to the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) flight-test center in Zhukovsky, the manufacturer announced today. 
Yakutsk hosted successful warm-up runs after the jet sat parked for up to 17 hours in temperatures reaching -41 degrees C. The testing included a check of aircraft system performance and involved standard ground-servicing equipment. The airplane then conducted a total of seven test flights, demonstrating the smooth operation of all onboard systems. SCAC’s team also assessed the influence of short-term parking on aircraft availability for subsequent takeoff.
Upon receipt of the type certificate, SCAC plans to hold further trials to extend the temperature operational limits below -41 degrees C.
SCAC’s latest schedules call for Russian type certification of the 
<link news>Superjet 100 this summer and delivery of the first production airplanes to Aeroflot and Armavia by the end of this year.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Completes Cold-soak Trials

The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 (S/N 95004) has completed cold-soak trials in Yakutsk, in Russia’s Far East, and returned to the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Compan

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