Irkut MC-21-300 test aircraft flies in new color

Credit: Irkut Corp.
Irkut’s Corp.’s second MC-21-300 prototype performed a flight painted in a new color July 11. “The white color was selected for painting the second aircraft to demonstrate high quality of airframe surface and precision of joints of fuselage sections,” Irkut said in a statement. The flight that flew...
Polina Montag-Girmes

Polina joined the Air Transport World team in 2011, covering Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She studied journalism at Moscow State University and worked as a journalist for Russian business and airline publications since 2000.

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