Day 5 of the Paris Air Show 2023, the concluding professional day, featured a flying display that can be seen on this video courtesy of Paris Air Show TV. Today’s demonstrations include the French Air Force paratroopers, the Pilatus MC-21,…
UPDATE – After four years and seven months to the day of its first flight, the Russian Irkut MC-21-300 has received its type certificate on December 28. The Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya awarded the basic certificate after the MC-21…
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is further reshaping its business structure to bring its latest commercial aircraft, the Irkut MC-21 and Ilyushin Il-114-300, successfully to the market. For this, the Board has created a new role as Deputy General Director…
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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 1st class test pilot Vasily Sevastyanov, 1st class test pilot Andrey Voropayev,…
Western thinking and views on InterJet and SuperJet may not be fully informed. The status at Air Italy may also not be as clear, or as clean, as we might think. The status of the MC-21 program is also something…