Il-476 Construction Photos

[willedoo]

Link to an article with photos of the new Ilushin Il-76 MD-90A or Il-476. The article is in Russian, but there's some good construction photos at the bottom of the page, click on the thumbnails to expand. There's also some photos of the recent first flight test.

 

http://www.aex.ru/docs/3/2012/10/17/1650/

 

It's basically the original airframe, but has a re-designed wing for better lift, new avionics and glass cockpit, and new high bypass PS-90 engines. These deliver better range, fuel economy, noise reduction, and meet all ICAO requirements. At least they should be able to fly into the countries that the old ones are banned from and we might even get to see them here eventually.

 

It's the first time the Il-76 is being built in Russia, and production is well under way at the Aviastar-SP plant at Ulyanovsk, east of Moscow. It's the same plant that built some of the An-124's.

 

Cheers, Willie.

 

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