Open Joint Stock Company «Ilyushin Aviation Complex» ,[1] operating as 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 Heavy Industry and the Head of the Main Department of Aviation Industry. In Soviet/Russian nomenclature, aircraft from Ilyushin are prefixed Il. The head office of Ilyushin is located in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.[2]
Aviation Industries Ilyushin is a subsidiary established in 1992 to act as Ilyushin's marketing and customer service arm.
Ilyushin has developed aircraft for widely varying roles over the years. The Russian government has merged Ilyushin with Mikoyan, Irkut, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev under a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.[3]
[edit] Notable aircraft
Notable Ilyushin aircraft include:
- I-21 fighter, 1936.
- Il-1 fighter prototype, 1944.
- Il-2 Shturmovik ground-attack aircraft, NATO codename "Bark", 1939.
- DB-3 long-range bomber, 1935.
- Il-4 "Bob" bomber/torpedo bomber developed from the DB-3, 1938.
- Il-6 long-range bomber prototype developed from the Il-4, 1942.
- Il-8, ground-attack prototype, 1943.
- Il-10 Shturmovik, ground-attack aircraft, NATO codename "Beast", 1944.
- Il-12 "Coach" twin-engined cargo/transport aircraft, 1946.
- Il-14 "Crate" twin-engined airliner developed from the Il-12, 1950.
- Il-16 ground attack prototype, 1945.
- Il-18 "Clam" (1946) four-engined airliner prototype, 1946.
- Il-18 "Coot" turboprop airliner, 1958.
- Il-20M "Coot-A" ELINT/radar reconnaissance version of the Il-18
- Il-20 (1948) ground attack prototype, 1948.
- Il-22 (1947) jet-powered bomber prototype, 1947.
- Il-22 "Coot-B" airborne command post version of the Il-18
- Il-28 "Beagle" and "Mascot" medium bomber/trainer, 1949.
- Il-30 tactical swept-wing bomber prototype developed from the Il-28, 1951.
- Il-32 cargo glider prototype, 1948.
- Il-36 Prototype
- Il-38 "May" maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the Il-18, 1971.
- Il-40 "Brawny" jet-powered ground-attack prototype, 1953.
- Il-46 jet-powered bomber prototype developed from the Il-30, 1952.
- Il-54 "Blowlamp" supersonic bomber prototype, 1955.
- Il-62 "Classic" long range jet airliner, 1962.
- Il-76 "Candid", strategic airlifter, 1973.
- A-50 Shmel (from Beriev), an AWACS variant of the Il-76, NATO codename "Mainstay", 1978.
- A-60 airborne laser laboratory developed from the Il-76MD, 1981.
- Il-78 "Midas", an aerial refuelling variant of the Il-76, 1982.
- Il-80 "Maxdome" airborne command post developed from the Il-86, 1985.
- Il-86 "Camber" medium-range wide-body jet airliner, 1977.
- Il-96 long-haul widebody airliner developed from the Il-86, 1988.
- Il-102 experimental jet-powered ground-attack aircraft, 1982.
- Il-103 light training aircraft, 1994.
- Il-106 proposed heavy military transport.
- Il-108 business jet prototype, project abandoned, 1990.
- Il-112 light military transport prototype, project cancelled, 2011.
- Il-114 regional aircraft, 1999.
- UAC/HAL Il-214 experimental medium-lift military transport aircraft.
- Irkut MS-21 experimental short- to and mid-range jet airliner.
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