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By: - 10th October 2016 at 16:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
yeah! also I look forward to this opportunity
By: - 11th October 2016 at 07:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Good to see the Russian aviation industry is on a come back. It will add a bit of variety to our skies once again, looking upwards and constantly seeing A320's and Boeing 737's sure does get boring! Pity that glass noses will be out of the question for these new Russian designs.
By: - 13th October 2016 at 01:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Well, if you want to look at Russian aviation industry coming back focus on SSJ and MS-21, this Il-114 revival is.....questionable to put mildly.
By: - 23rd October 2016 at 09:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
As a complete outsider to the Russian aviation industry, why did the commercial side of things such as Ilyushin and Tupovlev fall away so badly whilst the military side with Sukhoi and MiG continue to deliver equal if not maybe superior aircraft designs to what the West has to offer?
Rob
By: - 24th October 2016 at 21:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
USSR was closed off in many ways to "the West" and hence was in an noncompetitive starting point , and second the 90s happened, completely wrecking the country.
Projects tanked, companies flopped, timelines went out the window. Technology stagnated, and to compete in the global market vs giants like Airbus or Boeing, with established support networks, financial muscle...
There were some promising projects in the late 80s and early 90s but events overtook them and they never got a chance to prosper.
Now creating an "all-Russian" globally competitive plane is nonsense of course, but with enough gov support and foreign cooperation the industry can make a reasonable aircraft (SSJ), or even quite a good one (MS-21).
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By: billy club - 7th October 2016 at 11:37
The first flight of the Russian-assembled Ilyushin Il-114 passenger turboprop is scheduled for 2019 whereas the commercial deliveries are expected to start in 2021. Prior to 2012 the aircraft was manufactured in Uzbekistan at the Chkalov TAPO aircraft production facility in Tashkent.
“The first flight of the renovated Il-114 is scheduled for 2018. We hope we will be able to use the work-in-process inventory of the Tashkent factory. However, the 100% Russian-made aircraft is to fly in 2019,” Ilyushin’s general director Sergey Velmozhkin says... You can read more on rusaviainsider.com
http://www.rusaviainsider.com/first-russian-assembled-ilyishin-114-will-fly-in-2019/