'Ilyushin' (
Russian: Илью́шин), or 'Ilyushin Design Bureau' is a
Russian
design bureau and
aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix 'Il'), founded by
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. It began operations on January 13, 1933, by order of the People's Commissar of the Heavy Industry of the
USSR and the Head of the Main Department of Aviation Industry, P.I.Baranov.
'Aviation Industries Ilyushin' is a subsidiary established in
1992 to act as Ilyushin's
marketing and
customer service arm.
Ilyushin has developed aircraft for widely varying roles over the years. The Russian government is planning to merge Ilyushin with
Mikoyan,
Irkut,
Sukhoi,
Tupolev, and
Yakovlev as a new company named
United Aircraft Building Corporation.
[1]
Notable Ilyushin aircraft include:
★
Il-2 ''Sturmovik''
★
Il-4
★
Il-10 ''Sturmovik''
★
Il-12 'Coach'
★
Il-14 'Crate'
★
Il-18 'Coot'
★
Il-20 'Coot-A'
★
Il-28 'Beagle'
★
Il-32 Prototype
★
Il-32 Sailplane
★
Il-32 Prototype
★
Il-38 'May'
★
Il-62 'Classic'
★
Il-76 'Candid',
strategic airlifter.
★
★
A-50 'Mainstay' (from Beriev), an
AWACS variant of the Il-76.
★
Il-78 'Midas', an
aerial refuelling variant of the Il-76.
★
Il-80 'Maxdome'
★
Il-86 'Camber'
★
Il-96
★
Il-102
★
Il-103
★
Il-112
★
Il-114
Gallery
See also
★
List of aircraft
★
List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
★
aircraft manufacturer
References
1. "Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger." ''The New York Times.'' February 22, 2006.
External links
★
Official site.