Russia’s MC-21-300 Jet Quietly Completes Maiden Flight

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The MC-21-300 commercial jet took off on its first flight from Irkut’s manufacturing facility in Irkutsk, Russia on Sunday. This unannounced first flight is a milestone for the program as the manufacturer aims to compete with Boeing and Airbus for narrowbody aircraft development.

 

The initial flight lasted approximately 30 minutes while maintaining an altitude of 3,280 feet (1,000 meters). The test frame reached a speed of 186 miles per hour (300 km per hour).

Yury Slyusar, the President of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), added, ”MC-21 is created in a wide cooperation, where together with Irkut, other enterprises of the United Aircraft Corporation are actively participating, namely Aerocomposite company, Ulyanovsk and Voronezh aircraft plants, UAC Integration Center in Moscow.”

According to the manufacturer, the first flight tested inflight stability along with powerplant operations. The aircraft also performed a missed approach, climbing and turning over the runway.

More:

http://airlinegeeks.com/2017/05/28/russias-mc-21-300-jet-quietly-completes-maiden-flight/

http://uacrussia.ru/en/press-center/news/novyy-passazhirskiy-layner-ms-21-300-sovershil-pervyy-polet

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Looks like the love child of an A321 and a B767...

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Went to the same paint shop as TG birds

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Looks like the love child of an A321 and a B767...

Lolx, I was thinking more of A321 and B787. But seriously though, no winglet or sharklets or something bending over the wing??

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When the wing design is excellent you fon't need winglet

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More Photos: http://fotografersha.livejournal.com/900141.html

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The only thing that impresses me is the engine.

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The only thing that impresses me is the engine.

Immediate reaction : is the nose so bad the engine get a look in somehow; or does the engine shine through so much that the nose got relegated .....

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An unusual placement of beacon light

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New Russian jet heralds carbon manufacturing shake-up

 

Russia's new jetliner, which conducted its maiden flight on Sunday, may have a hard time challenging the sales duopoly of Boeing and Airbus, but it does point the way to radical changes in how they could be building jets in the future.

The MS-21, a new single aisle airliner produced by Russia's United Aircraft Corporation, is the first passenger plane borne aloft by lightweight carbon-composite wings built without a costly pressurised oven called an autoclave.

The manufacturing process provides a test for a technology already being assessed by Western rivals, who are looking for cheaper and faster ways to build some of their aircraft with composites, according to aerospace executives and suppliers.

Even as it sets up the world's largest autoclaves to make wings for its giant 777X, Boeing is exploring alternatives for its "New Midsize Airplane" (NMA), in the middle of the market between its big wide-body jets and best-selling 737.

"There's a good chance part of the NMA will be built without autoclaves," a person familiar with the project said.

A Boeing spokesman said it was studying mid-market opportunities and declined further comment.

Sources say Boeing's choice of technology for its two-aircraft NMA family will lay the foundation for the next generation of its money-spinning 737, expected to appear from 2030 and last well into the second half of the century.

More:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-aerospace-composites-idUKKBN18P1WV

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MC-21-300 COMPLETES FIRST TEST FLIGHT

 

Check out the videos in this report:

https://airwaysmag.com/manufacturer/mc-21-300-completes-first-test-flight/

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Russian ministry outlines demand forecast for MC-21

 

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/russian-ministry-outlines-demand-forecast-for-mc-21-437693/