Irkut’s Fourth MC-21-300 Prototype Ready For Certification Trials

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Irkut’s parent United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported that the fourth prototype’s cabin is now fitted out with 172 seats.
Credit: Irkut
MOSCOW—Russian airframer Irkut’s fourth MC-21-300 flight prototype has arrived at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, ahead of certification trials. On Mar. 17, the narrowbody made the 5 hr. 49 min-flight to the airfield from Irkut’s assembly facility in Irkutsk, Siberia...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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