Just a correction to my earlier post - the IL-62 was operated by 30 countries (not 20) including a few western airlines (KLM [9 planes], JAL, Air France, Guyana Airways, Air India). The biggest non-Russian operators were Germany (24), Czechoslovakia (21), Cuba (28), and Poland (23). The largest fleet outside Aeroflot (which had 165 IL-62s in 1989) was Domodedovo Airlines which had 45. Some IL-62s have been in service for 30 years, but 20 would be more common for heavily used examples.
@KarlosLatynos ei shit, your poland was fucked all the time,by nazi,Russian and americans,if you nat stopid you do to be fucked again by somebody!!hahaha
@KAzik10001 Without doubt this plane has the best record of its class/era. Operated by 20+ nations it is highly regarded. Polish archives released in 2010 show that LOT had deep financial crisis (as did the whole country with strikes/labour unrest in '80s) and were instructed to exceed all jet engine service lives to save costs. The engine that failed in 1980 had caused problems on 2 other IL-62s but was still fitted. LOT did no turbine-vibration checks before '87, critical to this design
Just a correction to my earlier post - the IL-62 was operated by 30 countries (not 20) including a few western airlines (KLM [9 planes], JAL, Air France, Guyana Airways, Air India). The biggest non-Russian operators were Germany (24), Czechoslovakia (21), Cuba (28), and Poland (23). The largest fleet outside Aeroflot (which had 165 IL-62s in 1989) was Domodedovo Airlines which had 45. Some IL-62s have been in service for 30 years, but 20 would be more common for heavily used examples.
av21031 1 year ago
Had a luck to fly by IL-62 twice 1980.It was really a good aircraft.
Soviets had 2 IL's-highest quality passenger planes-IL-18 and IL-62.
arissss1962 1 year ago
@KarlosLatynos ei shit, your poland was fucked all the time,by nazi,Russian and americans,if you nat stopid you do to be fucked again by somebody!!hahaha
ded0511 1 year ago
@KarlosLatynos you r shit and joke and your polish femily too and all polish patriots!!!hahaha
ded0511 1 year ago
@KAzik10001 Without doubt this plane has the best record of its class/era. Operated by 20+ nations it is highly regarded. Polish archives released in 2010 show that LOT had deep financial crisis (as did the whole country with strikes/labour unrest in '80s) and were instructed to exceed all jet engine service lives to save costs. The engine that failed in 1980 had caused problems on 2 other IL-62s but was still fitted. LOT did no turbine-vibration checks before '87, critical to this design
av21031 1 year ago
@TonyFirelli bullshit, to prove you wrong il62 that crashed around 1980's, problem was solely caused by improper construction of that producer.
KAzik10001 1 year ago
Самый лучший в мире самолёт!!!
SlavIL62M 1 year ago
You're right! I've read about Tu-144. Tu-144 was first.
sirMIREK 1 year ago
This song contains a "Ilyushin" word? Very nice!
sirMIREK 1 year ago
To sirMIREK:
Its not copy VC-10, only same aerodinamyc solutions, like Concorde not copy of russian Tupolev 144, wich first flight was early...
denbogd 1 year ago