The Ilyushin Il-18 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-18; NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turbopropairliner that first flew in 1957 and became one of the best known and most durable Soviet aircraft of its era. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades and was widely exported. Due to the aircraft's airframe durability, many examples achieved over 45,000 flight hours and the type remains operational in both military and (to a lesser extent) civilian capacities. The Il-18's successor was the long range Il-62 jet airliner.
Two Soviet aircraft shared the designation Ilyushin Il-18. The first Il-18 was a propeller-driven airliner of 1946 but after a year of test flights that programme was abandoned.
In the early 1950s with a need to replace older designs and increase the size of the Soviet civil transport fleet, a Soviet Council of Ministers directive was issued on 30 December 1955 to the chief designers Kuznetsov and Ivchenko to develop new turboprop engines and to Ilyushin and Antonov to design an aircraft to use these engines.[2] The two aircraft designs were developed as the Ilyushin Il-18 and the Antonov An-10 and the engine chosen was the Kuznetsov NK-4 rather than the Ivchenko AI-20.[2]
The Il-18 design had started in 1954 before the directive was issued and experience with the piston-engined Il-18 was used although the aircraft was a new design.[2] The design was for a four-engined low-wing monoplane with a circular pressurised fuselage and a conventional tail.[2] The forward retracting tricycle landing gear had four wheels fitted on the main leg bogies, the main legs bogies rotated 90 degrees and retracted into the rear of the inboard engines.[2] A new feature at the time was the fitting of a weather radar in the nose and it was the first Soviet airliner to have an automatic approach system.[2] The aircraft has two entry doors on the port-side before and after the wing and two overwing emergency exits on each side.[2]
The prototype SSSR-L5811 was rolled out in June 1957 and after ground-testing it began taxi test and high-speed runs on 1 July 1957.[2] On 4 July 1957 the prototype first flew from Khodynka.[2] On 10 July 1957 the aircraft was flown to Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to be presented to a Soviet government commission; also present was the prototype Antonov An-10 and the Tupolev Tu-114.[2] The Il-18 type was formally named Moskva and this was painted on the fuselage, although the name was not used when the aircraft entered production.[2]
The Moscow Machinery Plant No. 30 located at Khodynka, near where the Ilyushin design office and the prototype had been built, was chosen to manufacture the aircraft.[3] During 1957 the plant began to reduce its production of the Ilyushin Il-14 and prepare to build the production aircraft designated IL-18A.[3] The Il-18A was only different from the prototype in minor details, mainly internal configuration to increase the seating from 75 to 89.[3]
The first production aircraft were powered by the Kuznetsov NK-4 but the engines were plagued with problems so the Council of Ministers decreed in July 1958 that all production from November 1958 would use the Ivchenko AI-20 and earlier production would be re-engined.[3] Only 20 IL-18As were built before production changed to the improved Il-18B, this new variant had a higher gross weight and the nose was re-designed with a larger radome which increased the length by 20 cm.[3] The first Il-18B flew on 30 September 1958 powered by the AI-20; a VIP variant was also built as the IL-18S for the Soviet Air Force.[3] From April 1961 a TG-18 Auxiliary Power Unit was fitted for ground starting rather than the bank of lead-acid batteries. Some aircraft were modified to allow the APU to be run in flight.[3]
With experience of the earlier aircraft a further improvement was the Il-18V variant.[3] The Il-18V was structurally the same but the interior was re-designed including moving the galley and some minor system changes.[3] The first Il-18V appeared in December 1959 and was to continue into production until 1965 after 334 had been built.[3] Specialised variants of the aircraft also appeared, including aircraft modified for flight calibration and a long-range polar variant.[3] Military variants also appeared including the anti-submarine Ilyushin Il-38.[3]
The first Il-18, initially equipped with Kuznetsov NK-4 engines, flew on 4 July 1957. On 17 September 1958 the aircraft first flew with the new Ivchenko AI-20 engines. Vladimir Kokkinaki was the test pilot. Between 1958 and 1960 twenty-five world records were set by this aircraft, among them flight range and altitude records with various payloads. In 1958 the aircraft was awarded the Brussels World Fair Grand Prix. In April 1979 a monument was unveiled at Sheremetyevo airport to commemorate the aircraft.
Seventeen foreign air carriers acquired some 125 Il-18 aircraft, seating 100-120 passengers. Il-18s are still in service in Siberia, North Korea and the Middle East, whilst a number of examples manufactured in the mid-1960s were still in civilian use in Africa and south Asia as at 2014. The type operates in various military capacities, including the Il-22PP electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft[4] which entered service in October 2016.[5] A modernized Il-20M with improved radar, radio and optical-electronic reconnaissance equipment entered service in July 2020 to provide secure targeting to Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile system.[6]
An Il-18 (registration DDR-STD) belonging to Interflug and used as a transport by East German leaders, including Erich Honecker, has been converted into a static hotel suite at Teuge Airfield in The Netherlands.[7]
As of July 2018, there are 7 aircraft in airliner service with 6 operators.[8]
Designation of the sole prototype of the Il-18 family.
Il-18A
The original production model, equivalent to pre-production, powered by either Kuznetsov NK-4 or Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engines. Circa 20 built.
Il-18B
First major production model, a medium-haul airliner that could seat 84 passengers.
Il-18 Combi
Il-18 aircraft modified to mixed passenger / cargo configuration
Il-18D
Similar to Il-18I, but equipped with an extra center section fuel tank for increased range. The Il-18D is fitted with four 3,169 kW (4,250 shp) Ivchenko AI-20M turboprop engines.
Il-18D communications relay
Three aircraft modified to provide communications relay between VIP aircraft and Government bodies.
Il-18D Pomor
A single Il-18D converted to a fisheries reconnaissance aircraft (Pomor = person who lives by the sea)
Il-18D Salon
VIP version of the Il-18D
Il-18DORR
Two Il-18Ds modified as fishery reconnaissance aircraft for the Polar Institute of Oceanic Fishery and Oceanography, the modification mainly involved the fitment of specialized mission equipment. First flown in 1985 they were later modified back as standard Il-18Ds.
Il-18E
Similar to the Il-18I, but without the increased fuel capacity.
Il-18E Salon
VIP transport version of the Il-18E.
Il-18Gr
Aircraft converted to cargo configuration, (Gr - Gruzovoy - cargo).
Il-18GrM
Several Il-18 aircraft modified to Gr standard with the addition of a pressurised side cargo door.
Il-18I
Equipped with more powerful Ivchenko AI-20M turboprop engines, producing 3,169 kW (4,250 shp). Seating increased to 122 passengers in an enlarged cabin gained by moving the aft pressure bulkhead rearwards by 1.64 m (5 ft).
Il-18LL
(Letayuschchaya Laboratoriya - flying laboratory), one aircraft modified from an Il-18A to be an anti-icing test-bed and an Il-18V used by the Czechoslovak flight test center as an engine testbed.
Il-18RT
Two Il-18Vs were modified as Telemetry Relay Aircraft to rocket and unmanned air vehicle trials.
Il-18RTL
Prototype for Il-20RT, converted from Il-18A c/n 188000401.
Il-18S
VIP variant of Il-18B
Il-18SL
Designation of a number of different test and research aircraft, normally had a letter suffix like SL-18D for avionics trials.
Il-18T
This designation was given to civil and military cargo transport aircraft converted from Il-18A/B/V aircraft.
Il-18AT: Military transport/medevac version based on the Il-18A
Il-18BT: Military transport/medevac version based on the Il-18B
Il-18VT: Military transport/medevac version based on the Il-18V
Il-18TD
One Il-18T was modified as a military transport variant to take either 69 stretcher cases or 118 paratroopers. Not wanted by the military it was converted to Il-18D standard.
Il-18USh
One Il-18V was modified as a navigator trainer including two dorsal astro-sextant windows. Although it was tested and found acceptable the Soviet Air Force used a variant of the twin-jet Tupolev Tu-124 instead.
Il-18V
Standard Aeroflot version, which entered service in 1961. The Il-18V was powered by four Ivchenko AI-20K turboprop engines, seating 90-100 passengers.
Il-18V Salon
VIP version of the Il-18V
Il-18V/polar
a single Il-18V modified for Polyarnaya Aviatsiya - Polar Aviation use.
Il-18V-26A
a single Il-18V modified for Polyarnaya Aviatsiya - Polar Aviation use with an auxiliary fuel tank in the cabin, revised window layout and enlarged oil tanks on the engines, covered by protruding fairings on the engine nacelles (sometimes referred to as the Il-18D, before the real D model emerged).
Il-18V calibrator
a single Il-18V operated by Interflug for navaid calibration.
Two Il-18Ds modified for ice reconnaissance similar to the Il-20M but with civilian reconnaissance equipment, both later modified back to standard configuration and sold.
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Bibliography
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For the 1946 prototype airliner see Ilyushin Il 18 1946 The Ilyushin Il 18 Russian Ilyu shin Il 18 NATO reporting name Coot is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one of the best known and most durable Soviet aircraft of its era The Il 18 was one of the world s principal airliners for several decades and was widely exported Due to the aircraft s airframe durability many examples achieved over 45 000 flight hours and the type remains operational in both military and to a lesser extent civilian capacities The Il 18 s successor was the long range Il 62 jet airliner Il 18 Il 20 Il 22IL 18D of Aeroflot 1992Role Turboprop airliner and reconnaissance aircraftNational origin Soviet UnionManufacturer Moscow Machinery Plant No 30Designer IlyushinFirst flight 4 July 1957Status In limited servicePrimary users Aeroflot Soviet Airlines Historical Rossiya Historical Air KoryoProduced 1957 1985Number built at least 678 1 Developed into Ilyushin Il 38 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 4 1 Civil operators 4 1 1 Current operators 4 1 2 Former operators 4 2 Military operators 5 Accidents and incidents 6 Specifications Il 18D 7 See also 7 1 Related development 7 2 Comparable aircraft 7 3 Related lists 8 References 8 1 Notes 8 2 Bibliography 9 External linksDesign and development EditTwo Soviet aircraft shared the designation Ilyushin Il 18 The first Il 18 was a propeller driven airliner of 1946 but after a year of test flights that programme was abandoned In the early 1950s with a need to replace older designs and increase the size of the Soviet civil transport fleet a Soviet Council of Ministers directive was issued on 30 December 1955 to the chief designers Kuznetsov and Ivchenko to develop new turboprop engines and to Ilyushin and Antonov to design an aircraft to use these engines 2 The two aircraft designs were developed as the Ilyushin Il 18 and the Antonov An 10 and the engine chosen was the Kuznetsov NK 4 rather than the Ivchenko AI 20 2 Aeroflot Il 18V at Prestwick Airport 1960s The Il 18 design had started in 1954 before the directive was issued and experience with the piston engined Il 18 was used although the aircraft was a new design 2 The design was for a four engined low wing monoplane with a circular pressurised fuselage and a conventional tail 2 The forward retracting tricycle landing gear had four wheels fitted on the main leg bogies the main legs bogies rotated 90 degrees and retracted into the rear of the inboard engines 2 A new feature at the time was the fitting of a weather radar in the nose and it was the first Soviet airliner to have an automatic approach system 2 The aircraft has two entry doors on the port side before and after the wing and two overwing emergency exits on each side 2 The prototype SSSR L5811 was rolled out in June 1957 and after ground testing it began taxi test and high speed runs on 1 July 1957 2 On 4 July 1957 the prototype first flew from Khodynka 2 On 10 July 1957 the aircraft was flown to Moscow Vnukovo Airport to be presented to a Soviet government commission also present was the prototype Antonov An 10 and the Tupolev Tu 114 2 The Il 18 type was formally named Moskva and this was painted on the fuselage although the name was not used when the aircraft entered production 2 The Moscow Machinery Plant No 30 located at Khodynka near where the Ilyushin design office and the prototype had been built was chosen to manufacture the aircraft 3 During 1957 the plant began to reduce its production of the Ilyushin Il 14 and prepare to build the production aircraft designated IL 18A 3 The Il 18A was only different from the prototype in minor details mainly internal configuration to increase the seating from 75 to 89 3 Malev Il 18 in Sweden 1972 The first production aircraft were powered by the Kuznetsov NK 4 but the engines were plagued with problems so the Council of Ministers decreed in July 1958 that all production from November 1958 would use the Ivchenko AI 20 and earlier production would be re engined 3 Only 20 IL 18As were built before production changed to the improved Il 18B this new variant had a higher gross weight and the nose was re designed with a larger radome which increased the length by 20 cm 3 The first Il 18B flew on 30 September 1958 powered by the AI 20 a VIP variant was also built as the IL 18S for the Soviet Air Force 3 From April 1961 a TG 18 Auxiliary Power Unit was fitted for ground starting rather than the bank of lead acid batteries Some aircraft were modified to allow the APU to be run in flight 3 With experience of the earlier aircraft a further improvement was the Il 18V variant 3 The Il 18V was structurally the same but the interior was re designed including moving the galley and some minor system changes 3 The first Il 18V appeared in December 1959 and was to continue into production until 1965 after 334 had been built 3 Specialised variants of the aircraft also appeared including aircraft modified for flight calibration and a long range polar variant 3 Military variants also appeared including the anti submarine Ilyushin Il 38 3 Operational history Edit Ilyushin Il 18D of TAROM at Manchester Airport in 1988 The first Il 18 initially equipped with Kuznetsov NK 4 engines flew on 4 July 1957 On 17 September 1958 the aircraft first flew with the new Ivchenko AI 20 engines Vladimir Kokkinaki was the test pilot Between 1958 and 1960 twenty five world records were set by this aircraft among them flight range and altitude records with various payloads In 1958 the aircraft was awarded the Brussels World Fair Grand Prix In April 1979 a monument was unveiled at Sheremetyevo airport to commemorate the aircraft Seventeen foreign air carriers acquired some 125 Il 18 aircraft seating 100 120 passengers Il 18s are still in service in Siberia North Korea and the Middle East whilst a number of examples manufactured in the mid 1960s were still in civilian use in Africa and south Asia as at 2014 The type operates in various military capacities including the Il 22PP electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft 4 which entered service in October 2016 5 A modernized Il 20M with improved radar radio and optical electronic reconnaissance equipment entered service in July 2020 to provide secure targeting to Kh 47M2 Kinzhal missile system 6 An Il 18 registration DDR STD belonging to Interflug and used as a transport by East German leaders including Erich Honecker has been converted into a static hotel suite at Teuge Airfield in The Netherlands 7 As of July 2018 there are 7 aircraft in airliner service with 6 operators 8 Variants Edit Il 18 on display at Sheremetyevo International Airport An example at a museum in Borkheide Germany An Il 20M in 2009 Malev Il 18 in at an open air aircraft museum at the Budapest Ferihegy International Airport An Il 18 at the Djibouti Ambouli International Airport Ilyushin Il 18D at China Aviation Museum Beijing Data from OKB Ilyushin 9 Il 18 Designation of the sole prototype of the Il 18 family Il 18A The original production model equivalent to pre production powered by either Kuznetsov NK 4 or Ivchenko AI 20 turboprop engines Circa 20 built Il 18B First major production model a medium haul airliner that could seat 84 passengers Il 18 Combi Il 18 aircraft modified to mixed passenger cargo configuration Il 18D Similar to Il 18I but equipped with an extra center section fuel tank for increased range The Il 18D is fitted with four 3 169 kW 4 250 shp Ivchenko AI 20M turboprop engines Il 18D communications relay Three aircraft modified to provide communications relay between VIP aircraft and Government bodies Il 18D Pomor A single Il 18D converted to a fisheries reconnaissance aircraft Pomor person who lives by the sea Il 18D Salon VIP version of the Il 18D Il 18DORR Two Il 18Ds modified as fishery reconnaissance aircraft for the Polar Institute of Oceanic Fishery and Oceanography the modification mainly involved the fitment of specialized mission equipment First flown in 1985 they were later modified back as standard Il 18Ds Il 18E Similar to the Il 18I but without the increased fuel capacity Il 18E Salon VIP transport version of the Il 18E Il 18Gr Aircraft converted to cargo configuration Gr Gruzovoy cargo Il 18GrM Several Il 18 aircraft modified to Gr standard with the addition of a pressurised side cargo door Il 18I Equipped with more powerful Ivchenko AI 20M turboprop engines producing 3 169 kW 4 250 shp Seating increased to 122 passengers in an enlarged cabin gained by moving the aft pressure bulkhead rearwards by 1 64 m 5 ft Il 18LL Letayuschchaya Laboratoriya flying laboratory one aircraft modified from an Il 18A to be an anti icing test bed and an Il 18V used by the Czechoslovak flight test center as an engine testbed Il 18RT Two Il 18Vs were modified as Telemetry Relay Aircraft to rocket and unmanned air vehicle trials Il 18RTL Prototype for Il 20RT converted from Il 18A c n 188000401 Il 18S VIP variant of Il 18B Il 18SL Designation of a number of different test and research aircraft normally had a letter suffix like SL 18D for avionics trials Il 18T This designation was given to civil and military cargo transport aircraft converted from Il 18A B V aircraft Il 18AT Military transport medevac version based on the Il 18A Il 18BT Military transport medevac version based on the Il 18B Il 18VT Military transport medevac version based on the Il 18V dd Il 18TD One Il 18T was modified as a military transport variant to take either 69 stretcher cases or 118 paratroopers Not wanted by the military it was converted to Il 18D standard Il 18USh One Il 18V was modified as a navigator trainer including two dorsal astro sextant windows Although it was tested and found acceptable the Soviet Air Force used a variant of the twin jet Tupolev Tu 124 instead Il 18V Standard Aeroflot version which entered service in 1961 The Il 18V was powered by four Ivchenko AI 20K turboprop engines seating 90 100 passengers Il 18V Salon VIP version of the Il 18V Il 18V polar a single Il 18V modified for Polyarnaya Aviatsiya Polar Aviation use Il 18V 26A a single Il 18V modified for Polyarnaya Aviatsiya Polar Aviation use with an auxiliary fuel tank in the cabin revised window layout and enlarged oil tanks on the engines covered by protruding fairings on the engine nacelles sometimes referred to as the Il 18D before the real D model emerged Il 18V calibrator a single Il 18V operated by Interflug for navaid calibration Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il 20M Il 20M NATO reporting name Coot A COMINT ELINT reconnaissance airplane version Il 20RT Telemetry aircraft Il 20RT Four Telemetry aircraft used to support the Soviet space activities later replaced by a variant of the Il 76 Il 22 NATO reporting name Coot B Airborne command post version Not to be confused with 1947 prototype Soviet jet engined bomber Il 22 Il 22M Airborne command post modernized version Il 22M Same as the Il 22 but had new mission equipment Il 22PP Porubshchik EW ECM airplane Il 22PP Electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft 4 Il 24N Two Il 18Ds modified for ice reconnaissance similar to the Il 20M but with civilian reconnaissance equipment both later modified back to standard configuration and sold Il 38 Maritime reconnaissance anti submarine warfare version Il 118 A proposed upgrade powered by two Lotarev D 236 T propfan engines Operators Edit Il 18 of North Korean national airline Air Koryo Il 18 of Rossiya Airlines Civil operators Edit Current operators Edit RussiaNPP MIR ChK Leninets 1 in cargo service North KoreaAir Koryo 1 Il 18D in service 1 Il 18V stored 10 Former operators Edit Il 18E of LOT Polish Airlines in Warsaw 1990 AfghanistanAriana Afghan Airlines People s Republic of ChinaCAAC Airlines BulgariaBalkan Airlines CubaAerocaribbean Cubana CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Airlines DjiboutiDaallo Airlines GermanyBerline German European Airlines East GermanyDeutsche Lufthansa Interflug 16 operated 11 EgyptEgyptair formerly United Arab Airlines GhanaGhana Airways 8 purchased 4 later returned to the USSR GuineaAir Guinee HungaryMalev Hungarian Airlines KazakhstanIrbis Aero KyrgyzstanAnikay Air MaliAir Mali PolandLOT 10 operated from 1961 until the early 1990s 12 Polonia Airways 1 operated in 90s Polnippon 3 operated from 1990 until 1996 RomaniaTarom Soviet UnionAeroflot RussiaASTAir Domodedovo Airlines GVG Airline Rossiya Tretyakovo Airlines SomaliaDaallo Airlines Jubba Airways Sri LankaFitsAir UkraineLviv Airlines Sevastopol Avia United Arab EmiratesPhoenix Aviation VietnamVietnam Airlines YemenYemen Airways Military operators Edit Current operators RussiaRussian Air Force Il 20 and Il 22PP versions 13 14 Former operators AfghanistanAfghan Air Force Five were delivered in 1968 and have since been retired AlgeriaAlgerian Air Force BulgariaGovernment of Bulgaria CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakian Air Force East GermanyEast German Air Force GeorgiaGeorgian Air Force IndonesiaGovernment of Indonesia Presidential aircraft North YemenNorth Yemen Air Force PolandPolish Air Force VIP Transport replaced by Tu 134 RomaniaGovernment of Romania Soviet UnionSoviet Air Forces Soviet Naval Aviation VietnamVietnam People s Air Force YugoslaviaSFR Yugoslav Air ForceAccidents and incidents EditMain article List of accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il 18Specifications Il 18D Edit Layout of Il 18 Cockpit of Il 18 Cabin of Il 18 Interflug Data from OKB Ilyushin 9 General characteristicsCrew 9 Capacity 65 120 passengers Length 35 9 m 117 ft 9 in Wingspan 37 4 m 122 ft 8 in Height 10 165 m 33 ft 4 in Wing area 140 m2 1 500 sq ft Empty weight 35 000 kg 77 162 lb Max takeoff weight 64 000 kg 141 096 lb Fuel capacity 30 000 L 6 599 imp gal Fuselage diameter 3 5 m 11 ft Max landing weight 52 600 kg 115 963 lb Max zero fuel weight 48 800 kg 107 586 lb Max taxi weight 64 500 kg 142 198 lb Powerplant 4 Ivchenko AI 20M axial flow turboprop engines 3 170 kW 4 250 hp each Propellers 4 bladed AW 68 I constant speed feathering propellers 4 5 m 14 ft 9 in diameterAuxiliary power unit TG 16M 28 Volt DC Performance Maximum speed 675 km h 419 mph 364 kn Maximum speed Mach 0 65 Cruise speed 625 km h 388 mph 337 kn at 8 000 m 26 247 ft Range 6 500 km 4 000 mi 3 500 nmi with 6 500 kg 14 330 lb payload maximum fuel and reserves for one hour 3 700 km 2 299 mi with 13 500 kg 29 762 lb maximum payload at 84 85 of maximum continuous power Service ceiling 11 800 m 38 700 ft Approach minima ICAO CAT 1 Decision Height 60 m 200 ft 800 m Visibility or 550 m RVR Take off run 1 350 m 4 429 ft Landing run 850 m 2 789 ft Avionics RPSN 2AMG or RPSN 2N Emblema weather radar NAS 1B autonomous navigation system DISS 1 doppler speed drift sensor ANU 1 autonomous navigation computer Put 4M navigation system KS 6G compass system DAK DB remote celestial compass RSBN 2S Svod SHORAN Svod Dome SP 50 Materik ILS RV UM radio altimeter NI 50BM 1 navigation display ARK 11 main and backup ADF automatic direction finder RSB 5 1230 communications radio RSIU 5 R802G command link radio 2 of SR 2M Khrom IFF transponder Khrom Chromium MSRP 12 96 flight data recorderSee also EditRelated development Edit Ilyushin Il 38Comparable aircraft Edit Antonov An 10 Bristol Britannia Canadair CL 44 Lockheed L 188 Electra Vickers Vanguard Vickers ViscountRelated lists Edit List of civil aircraftReferences EditNotes Edit reestr samolyotov tipa Ilyushin Il 18 20 22 38 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Il 18 russianplanes net a b c d e f g h i j k Gordon and Komissarov 2004 pp 7 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l Gordon and Komissarov 2004 pp 13 49 a b McDermott Roger N September 2017 Russia s Electronic Warfare Capabilities to 2025 Challenging NATO in the Electromagnetic Spectrum PDF Report International Centre for Defence and Security p 16 Archived PDF from the original on 12 November 2018 Retrieved 11 November 2018 V ramkah edinogo dnya voennoj priemki Ministerstvu oborony sdan opytnyj samolet specialnogo naznacheniya na baze Il 18 ilyushin org in Russian 26 October 2016 Archived from the original on 12 November 2018 Retrieved 11 November 2018 CAMTO Novosti Raketnyj kompleks Kinzhal smozhet poluchat celeukazaniya s borta modernizirovannogo Il 20M armstrade org Honecker s plane gets new lease of life as luxury hotel The Local 7 October 2011 Archived from the original on 30 May 2013 Retrieved 12 September 2017 World Airline Census 2018 Flightglobal com Archived from the original on 6 November 2018 Retrieved 26 August 2018 a b Gordon Yefim Dmitry Komissarov 2004 OKB Ilyushin Sergey Komissarov 1st ed Hinkley Midland publishing pp 193 251 ISBN 1 85780 187 3 Air Koryo KARTOChKA OPERATORA russianplanes net Retrieved 9 July 2021 Michal Petrykowski Samoloty Il 18 Lufthansy Lotnictwo Nr 12 2009 p 20 in Polish AeroLOT Yesterday s fleet www polrail com Archived from the original on 20 October 2017 Retrieved 26 January 2019 Opytnyj samolet specnaznacheniya Il 22PP Porubshik sdan Ministerstvu oborony Ezhenedelnik Voenno promyshlennyj kurer vpk news ru Archived from the original on 27 January 2019 Retrieved 26 January 2019 Aviaciya flota poluchila zavisayushuyu bombu news rambler ru Archived from the original on 1 August 2018 Retrieved 26 January 2019 Bibliography Edit Gordon Yefim and Komissarov Dmitry Ilyushin Il 18 20 22 A Versatile Turboprop Transport Hinckley Leicestershire UK Midland Publishing 2004 ISBN 1 85780 157 1 Gordon Yefim Dmitry Komissarov 2004 OKB Ilyushin Sergey Komissarov 1st ed Hinkley Midland publishing pp 193 251 ISBN 1 85780 187 3 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ilyushin Il 18 Flight simulator Il 18 in the Museum of Technology Hugo Junkers in Dessau Germany Ilyushin Il 18 Coot Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ilyushin Il 18 amp oldid 1146728128, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
