Irkut MC-21 Jetliner Flight Tested at 12000 Meters Altitude

The MC-21-300 test aircraft performed the first flight from the airfield of Flight Research Institute, M M Gromov in Zhukovsky city near Moscow today.

During the more than three hours flight, stability and controllability were assessed at altitudes varying from 6,000 to 12,000 meters. All aircraft systems operated normally.

Flight tests of MC-21-300 aircraft are ongoing at the basis of Flight Test and Development Facility of Yakovlev Design Bureau, the affiliate of Irkut Corporation.

Earlier, on October 17, 2017, the new Russian MC-21-300 airliner performed a non-stop flight from the “Irkutsk-2” airfield to the airfield in Zhukovsky, upon completion of test flights at Irkutsk Aviation Plant.

Specifically for basing MC-21 aircraft, the new hangar with the up-to-date complex for collection, processing, and storage of information obtained during flight and ground tests, had been built in Flight Test and Development Facility of Yakovlev Design Bureau.