MC-21-310 flight-test aircraft with PD-14 engines in Zhukovsky

IRKUT offered the following PR this morning: MC-21-310 flight-test aircraft after being painted at “Spektr-Avia” arrived from Ulyanovsk in Zhukovsky.

The aircraft was operated by the crew of 1^st class test pilot Vasily Sevastyanov, 1^st class test pilot Andrey Voropayev, flight test engineer Anton Kuznetsov.

According to Vasily Sevastyanov, the aircraft equipped with new Russian PD-14 engines performed well in flights Irkutsk – Ulyanovsk and Ulyanovsk – Zhukovsky.

MC-21-310 aircraft will continue the flight test program at the airfield of the Gromov Flight Research Institute.

IRKUT offered the following video. (Note to OEMs:  Videos DO NOT require background music)

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