An Apology and Explanation from Your Friendly Translator

Nearly 2 months ago I explained I would be absent for a short time as my rotator cuff was being repaired.  Sadly, with the required physical therapy and restrictions on the use of my arm, the time off from the Russian Aviation News Translations has grown ever longer.  One reason for not resuming is that I must support my arm as I type and that slows me down.  In addition, the arm tires easily and it becomes very uncomfortable to type for very long.  Finally, I have at least three appointments each week eating into my schedule.

Besides the rotator cuff problem, other health problems not related to the rotator cuff have come to the fore.  As a result, I will be unable for the foreseeable future to continue with the translations and for this (as well as the dearth of information since mid-August) I do apologize. 

It is my intention, when these health issues are behind me, to resume the Russian Aviation News Translations; however, nothing will be caught up.  I will resume with news items found the day of that resumption.  I presently have no idea when that date will be.  I doubt it will be during the remainder of 2011.  With any luck I will be able to resume some time in 2012.

I would like to thank my faithful readers who have “hung in there” for so long.  I regret I must stop.  On the other hand, I seem to have stopped dreaming in Russian and I am not thinking in it as often.

Good luck to all of you until resumption some time, I hope, in the future.

P.S.  The daily “Today in Russian Aviation History” feature as well as the old news translations and site search engine will remain on-line.

--Roy Cochrun

These news items are translated or gisted primarily from two Russian Web sources: http://www.avias.com/, which provides whole articles, but sometimes is several days or even weeks behind in publishing them for whatever reason, and< a>, which also sometimes posts in English itself. 

The articles translated here include only information about new Russian aircraft, those under development or modification, foreign sales, etc.    The original publication date and source name appear after each item, but not the Web-site source. All articles are copyright by the original source.  To save time, some items are gisted and are not direct translations. 

Any comments are in double parenthesis - ((comment here)).   I am not responsible for typographical errors or errors in translation.   The whole purpose of this page is to give readers the opportunity to learn about Russian aviation advances on a somewhat timely basis. 

The translations are posted by 9:30 a.m. U.S. East Coast time. There are no items on weekends, Russian holidays, nor when I am away, but the feature "Today in Russian Aviation History"is automated and runs daily, 7 days a week. Information for this series comes from the two sources above, as well as: 
http://www.rusavia.ru/calendar/date.html and/or http://ts.vpk.ru/www-vpk/netnews/

Please note:  These news items are a free service of Roy's Resources.  If you would like any other Russian text translated, please feel free to contact Roy Cochrun where translation begins at 10 U.S. cents a word for shorter translations and goes down to 5.5 U.S. cents a word for long papers, such as books, doctoral disserations, etc..  See the translation pagefor further details.

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