Russia’s MC-21 Airliner Prepares For First Flight

Maxim Pyadushkin July 12, 2016
A month before the opening of Farnborough Airshow 2016 Russia made a significant effort to return to the narrowbody market with the rollout on June 8 at Irkutsk, East Siberia, of its new MC-21 airliner prototype. The aircraft’s name comes from the Russian acronym for Magistralny Samolet 21 veka...
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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