Talk:Ilyushin Il-96

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US politics prevented further development of this variant. Eh? Could someone elaborate on this? These are Russian planes, after all. Mr. Jones 10:30, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Financing of western avionics (Collins & Honeywell) and engines (Pratt & Whitney), are done by US Govt Eximbank

I removed Having learned a bitter lesson during development of the Il-96M/T, , because there is no mention of what this 'bitter lesson' might actually have been. Dan100 18:44, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

The "unit price" is incorrect - according to Aeroflot's website the figures were only the fees per aircraft of the airline's deal to lease 6 aircraft for 15 years. I have removed them from the information box. Zero76 09:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict

Both this and Tu-204 say that they were the first to introduce western engines. --80.63.213.182 16:17, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Tu-204 and Il-96 both introduced their plan to westernize with western engines at around the same time almost immediately after the fall of Soviet Union, so I guess it would be difficult to say who's first and who's second. The bottomline is that the development of Il-96 with western engine failed due to lack of funds in the certification process. The Tu-204, however, went through the certification process with the western engines and is now selling both western and Russian versions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aviageek (talk • contribs) 7. dec 2006 kl. 19:58

[edit] Putin's plane contradiction

Both the Il-96-300 and the Il-96M is credited with being the plane used by Putin:

Il-96-300: It is used by Russian president Vladimir Putin as a VIP plane. Il-96M: This version is also used as President Putin's VIP transport plane.

Could someone remove this conradiction?

--193.6.17.184 08:47, 27 August 2007 (UTC) Last year (2007), GTK Rossyia received a new Il-96 to the presidential fleet, reg. RA-96018. Airliners.net has a picture of it (so I can prove it exists), you can see at: http://www.airliners.net/search/linkhere.php?id=1252857 So please, keep my edition, because since last year GTK Rossiya has 3 Il-96 in its fleet (RA-96012, 96016 and 96018). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlo Moiana (talk • contribs) 22:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

The longer Il-96M went on to become the Il-96-400 prototype (with PS-90 engines). Now parked with engines removed. The VIP version is the Il-96-300PU and is structurally based on the -300 model. Electrics are on Il-96M levels on this one.

For the regs: RA96012: Il-96-300PU. Has the spinal antenna. RA96016: Il-96-300PU. Spinal antenna. RA96018: Il-96-300 but might have VIP interior. No extra communication equipment visible on the outside. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.73.173.88 (talk) 09:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)