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AIN, 30 May 2017: 'The Irkut MC-21-300 narrowbody flew for the first time on May 28'; Wikipedia[2] also gives 28 May 2017.- Start
- May 28, 201790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Irkut MC-21-300 Makes Its First Flight From Irkutsk
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Russia's Irkut MC-21-300 flew for the first time on 28 May 2017, a 30-minute flight to 3,280 feet with test pilots Oleg Kononenko and Roman Taskayev, nearly a year after its roll-out.
- Crew commander Oleg Kononenko and copilot Roman Taskayev flew the 30-minute sortie from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant airfield, reaching 3,280 feet and 162 knots, checking stability and control, engine control and a simulated landing approach[1]
- The first flight came two weeks after the first taxi tests and nearly a year after the 8 June 2016 roll-out; it had originally been planned for the end of 2016[1][2]
- It was powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1400G geared turbofans; Irkut promoted the widest fuselage of any narrowbody and a list price of about US$91 million[1]
- UAC president Yury Slyusar called it 'an advance of the product that will determine the shape of the Russian civilian aviation industry for the next 50 years'[1]
- Sanctions later ended Western engine supply: six PW-powered aircraft were built, and the programme moved to the domestic MC-21-310 with PD-14 engines[2]
Notable features
- MC-21-300: 163 seats in two classes (16 business, 147 economy) or 211 in one class; length 42.2 m, wingspan 35.9 m, fuselage width 4.06 m and cabin width 3.81 m[2]
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PW1400G (PW1431G, 140 kN) on the -300; Aviadvigatel PD-14 (140 kN) on the -310; maximum takeoff weight 79,250 kg[2]
- Two-class range 6,000 km (3,200 nmi); runway length 2,410 m (7,910 ft)[2]