Photo © Press Service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation The MC-21-310 aircraft, tail number 73051, is currently undergoing supplementary ground tests at the Flight […]
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Tag: MC-21-310
MC-21-310 Prototype Flies from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky
Image by © UAC Press Service After a year and ten months, the MC-21-310, tail number 73055, which was the first aircraft to receive PD-14 engines, has returned from Irkutsk, […]
MC-21-310 Crew Assess Results of First Flight of Import-Substituted Aircraft
MC-21-310 Crew (left to right): Alexander Solovyov, Alexander Popov, Roman Taskaev, Alexander Guskov / Image by © Press Service of PJSC UAC On 29 April 2025, the MC-21-310 prototype aircraft […]
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MC-21-310 Makes Maiden Flight
Image by © UAC Press Service The Russian aviation industry is rounding off April 2025 with positive news: On 23rd April, the first flight of the fully import-substituted SJ-100 aircraft […]
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Yakovlev to Receive Over £200 Million for MC-21-310 Type Certificate Extension by 2027
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) and PJSC Yakovlev have entered into a contract for research and development (R&D) work aimed […]
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Fully Domestically-Sourced MC-21 Aircraft (73057) Powered Up
Photo © Irina Pakhalueva, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder At the final assembly shop of Irkutsk Aviation Plant’s (IAZ) Civil Aviation Division (No. 277), functional checks under electrical load have commenced on […]
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In April 2025, the certification of the Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) on the MC-21-310 ‘Iron Bird’ is scheduled to commence
Stand “iron bird” of MC-21 / Photo by © GosNIIAS press service As part of a collaboration with PJSC Yakovlev, the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) has developed […]
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MC-21 – digest for September-2024
© Alexander Shipilenko, russianplanes.net / Certification flight to determine the noise level. Flight 73051 passing over the runway at a height of about six metres. Archive photo Traditionally, the Eastern […]
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MC-21 stabiliser made of domestic composites has passed the strength tests in TsAGI
MC-21 composite stabiliser static tests / Photo by © TsAGI Press Service The most effective and economically expedient areas of application of composites in civil aircraft construction are their use […]
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MC-21-210 will allow airlines to operate the aircraft more efficiently
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service The flagship project of the Russian civil aircraft industry, the MC-21 medium-haul aircraft has been facing challenges since 2014 due to Western sanctions […]
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