Russian MS-21 performs well in test flights
Irkut Corporation's MS-21-300 composites-intensive aircraft will make its public premiere at MAKS-2021 in Moscow.
The MC-21 aircraft in flight.
Irkut Corp.’s (Moscow, Russia) MS-21-310 flight-test composite aircraft has arrived in Zhukovsky from Ulyanovsk, Russia, after being painted at by paint-shop specialist, Spektr-Avia.
According to test pilot Vasily Sevastyanov, the aircraft, which is equipped with new Russian PD-14 engines, performed well in flights from Irkutsk to Ulyanovsk and Ulyanovsk to Zhukovsky. It will continue the flight test program at the airfield, which is home to the Gromov Flight Research Institute.
The aircraft made its maiden flight in December 2020. The public premiere of the aircraft type is planned for the Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon, MAKS-2021.
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