Pratt & Whitney having a great show
The Singapore air show got off to a start yesterday. It hasn’t been a noisy affair. Boeing picked up a lot of service business – which is a key goal for the company. Boeing also seems to be using the…
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Aeroflot places $5bn order for 50 MC-21s
Aeroflot ordered 50 MC-21s today from IRKUT. Aeroflot will receive the first jet in the first quarter of 2020, with the full delivery to be completed by 2026. Under the terms of the order, Rostec, the leasing subsidiary of Aviacapital-Service,…
COMAC’s C919 builds hours
Yesterday the C919 took to the skies again. This was the fourth test flight since the first one on May 5. Compared to other flight test programs, especially the western variety, this is a sedate pace. One can hope the…
Mexico’s Interjet making another unusual move?
Take a look here. Interjet was the first western airline to deploy the SuperJet, and by all reports, is very pleased with its decision. It is, therefore, no surprise that UAC and Interjet have been talking. Interjet is the most…
First MC-21 flown to Zhukovsky
IRKUT announced their first MC-21-300 flew from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant to Ramenskoye Airport (Zhukovsky, Moscow), to continue flight tests. Here is an image of its landing. The aircraft flew 4,500 km (6 hours nonstop) at 10,000 meters (~33,000 feet).…
MC-21 flight tests expand
According to the Flightradar24 tracking of RA-73051, the flight test MC-21-300 has been busy. On September 13 Irkut announced that it started the second stage of flight testing. During preparation to the second stage tensometric (strain-measuring) sensors were installed to…