Airframe MS.0014, the first production MC-21-310, has entered flight-test operations following rollout from final assembly at Irkutsk. Photo: UAC UAC is preparing a contract with Aeroflot for up to 90 […]
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Tag: MC-21
MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — May 2026
Several developments moved the MC-21 program forward in May, including the launch of the MC-21-210 derivative, continued certification activity and the transfer of the first production MC-21-310 into flight-test operations. […]
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Russia Launches MC-21-210 Development Programme
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Russia has formally launched development of the MC-21-210, a lower-capacity member of the MC-21 narrowbody family, with a first flight of the prototype […]
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MC-21 Enters Flight Testing in 2017 as Program Shifts Toward Fully Domestic Configuration
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Irkut MC-21-300 prototype (tail number 73051) completed its maiden flight on 28 May 2017 from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant airfield, marking the start […]
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Yakovlev Expands MC-21 Durability Testing Program
Photo © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder factory newspaper Russian aircraft manufacturer Yakovlev is expanding fatigue-life testing for MC-21 airframe components as part of a broader effort to improve production […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – April 2026
Photo © Ivan Kaverzin The first Soviet civil aircraft to obtain Western FAR Part 25 airworthiness certification was the Yakovlev Yak-40. Its type certificate was issued in Italy on March […]
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Yakovlev Patents MC-21 Wing High-Lift System Modification to Improve Aerodynamics
Photo: © Aviation of Russia As part of the import substitution program for the MC-21 aircraft, engineers are revising several wing and airframe design solutions and transitioning to domestically produced […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – March 2026
Photo credit: © Svyatoslav Morozov / Courtesy of PJSC UAC press office Natural icing flight tests marked the key milestone of the MC-21-310 certification program in March. Aircraft 73057 deployed […]
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MC-21, SJ-100 and Il-114-300 Complete Natural Icing Certification Flight Tests
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Additional certification flight tests of the MC-21 (tail number 73057), SJ-100 (97023) and Il-114-300 (54115) in natural icing conditions have been completed in Russia’s […]
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Russia’s air transport regulator sets certification timeline for Il-114-300, SJ-100 and MC-21-310
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya), Dmitry Yadrov, outlined updated certification timelines for three domestic passenger aircraft at a Ministry of […]
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