The Ilyushin Il-62 (NATO reporting name Classic) is a Soviet long range jet airliner. Conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin, it first flew in 1963 and entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with an inaugural passenger flight from Moscow to Montreal. The Il-62 was the Soviet Union's first true long-range jet airliner, the first Russian pressurised plane to have a fuselage with non-circular cross-section (3.8 x 4.1m width X height) and ergonomic pas...
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Ilyushin Il-62
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Ilyushin
Ilyushin (Russian: Илью́шин), or Ilyushin Design Bureau is a Russian design bureau and aircraft manufacturer, founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin was established under the Soviet Union. Its operations began on January 13, 1933, by order of P. I. Baranov, People's Commissar of the...
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