Ilyushin Il-76
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Stats
| Introduction | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Withdrawal | N/A |
| Aircraft Type | Large |
| Cruising Speed | 480mph |
| Capacity | 180 crates of express cargo, or 90 tonnes of industrial cargo 200 crates of express cargo, or 100 tonnes of industrial cargo (2006 - Il-76TD-90) |
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The world's most successful purpose-designed heavy air freighter, almost a thousand of these airlifters were built in Uzbekistan between the early 1970s and late 1990s. Demand for a modernised civil version with new engines and instruments, the TD-90, has seen production recently restarted at Aviatstar in Russia.
Wikipedia article
Takeoff video (Warning, Australian accents).
