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Cockpit of an Aeroflot Il-96-300. The Ilyushin Il-96 is a shortened, long-range, and advanced technology development of the Soviet Union's first widebody airliner, the Ilyushin Il-86. It features supercritical wings fitted with winglets, a glass cockpit, and a fly-by-wire control system.
The main presidential aircraft is the four-engined, long-range, widebody Ilyushin Il-96-300PU, a highly modified Il-96, with the two last letters standing for "Command Point" in Russian. Five modified Il-96s have been used as presidential aircraft, the first one was used by the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.
Il-98 proposed twin-engine version of the Il-96-300, 2000. Il-100 light multi-purpose aircraft project, 2001. Il-102 experimental jet-powered ground-attack aircraft, project cancelled, 1982. Il-106 proposed heavy military transport, proposed Il-76 replacement, 1992. Il-108 business jet prototype, project abandoned, 1990. Il-116 regional ...
It said the airplane marked a step up from the previous IL-96-300 aircraft, production of which reportedly halted more than a decade ago because it was unable to compete with Western models ...
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[49] [50] The first example of the Ilyushin Il-96, which was also the first Soviet fly-by-wire aircraft, had its maiden flight in 1988, and was certificated in December 1992 (); [47] the first Aeroflot Il-96-300 entered the fleet in 1993, [21] and was initially deployed on the Moscow–New York City route in July that year.
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