By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-05-16T16:19:00+01:00 Russian airframer Irkut has received the first MC-21 wing panels for a serial production aircraft, delivered to the Irkutsk-based facility by road. The 17.5m panel was manufactured at the AeroKompozit plant in Ulyanovsk – a distance of some 3,600km from the MC-21 final assembly line. Irkut will used the panels for the initial customer aircraft. This will be a -300 variant, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1400G engines. “Earlier, this aircraft was equipped with a centre section, also made of domestic composites,” says United Aircraft. It s...