Ƙirƙirar wani nau'i mai mahimmanci na wannan jumla Jirgin ya yi gwajin farko na subsonic kyauta a 1976, yana tashi a ƙarƙashin ikonsa daga tsohuwar laka mai laka a kusa da Moscow.
Tabbas, mafi rikitarwa na jumla ita ce "Na'urar ta yi gwajin jirgin sama na farko a cikin 1976 lokacin da, ta tashi a ƙarƙashin ikonta daga tsohuwar datti a kusa da Moscow, matukin jirgi A. G. Festovets ya tashi zuwa cibiyar gwajin jirgin Zhukovskii, nesa da mil 19".