ILYUSHIN


'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

Contents
Gallery
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References
External links

Gallery


Il-18 'Coot' on display

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.

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