Recently, the first test MC-21-300 aircraft flew from the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant to the airfield of Flight Research Institute n.a. M.M. Gromov (Ramenskoye, Moscow Region), to continue ...
The Irkut MC-21 is a twin-engine short- to mid-range Russian jet airliner with a capacity of 150-212 passengers. The MC-21 is being developed and to be produced by Irkut and Yakovlev Design Bureau of ...
Russian analysts have been refining the flight-control system of the Irkut MC-21-300 to establish protection criteria for avoiding unusual attitudes. The twinjet has a limiter subsystem within its ...
A flight test engineer and two test pilots from EASA have joined the flight test campaign for the MC-21-300 aircraft, providing a path toward achieving European certification for Russia’s ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. A new report says the Russian narrow body Irkut MC-21 ...
The MC-21 was created as Russia’s answer to the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, with modern systems, a wider cabin, composite wings, and promises of lower costs and better efficiency. It was meant to ...
Rostec State Corporation expects to produce 36 MC-21 aircraft by 2030. This was announced on May 7 by the head of Rostec, ...
Russia has carried out the first test flight of the MC-21 (it has been tagged as MS-21 by the western media) on May 28. (IE) Russia is pinning a lot of hope on its new passenger jet, the MC-21 to win ...
Go back in time to March 2008. What if Bombardier never launched the CSeries aircraft family with Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engines? What if Airbus never responded two years later by deciding ...
Siberian-built plane is ‘cool’, says prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, as Kremlin targets foreign sales amid push to revitalise industries hit by sanctions Russia has unveiled a medium-range passenger ...
Official from Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced today that the aircraft manufacturer is planning to produce six MC-21 passenger jets in 2021 and twice as many in 2022, bringing the ...