dcajet wrote:[photoid][/photoid]
Phosphorus wrote:dcajet wrote:
Aprox. 30 IL-96 were built. Around aprox 15 are in service with Rossiya Special Flight Detachment and the BBC (Russian Air Force), then there are 3 with Cubana, in varying degrees of serviceability, one has not flown in years. Then there are around 12-13 stored in Russia, and who knows what their state is.
And that's it, folks.
Technically Il-96 remains in production. VERY low-rate production, but it's still ongoing.
Last October, they were slowly assembling an Il-96-400:
https://web.archive.org/web/20211018145 ... -voronezh/(original is apparently out there as well, but fails to load, so Wayback Machine is a more reliable way to access it).
Isn't the only one -400 flying (AFAIK) flying for the Russian AF? And isn't she a coverted -300?
Ahh, the Il-96-400 numbering confusion controversy...
Long story short, there are some strange shenanigans going on with Il-96-400 nomenclature. One things
seems* to unite them -- they are all longer than Il-96-300 (* it's apparent, but no guarantee)
God knows it's a maze. Some users here made comments how this version or that version is THE true Il-96-400. I personally don't know for sure.
Presumably the one being slowly built right now is also "semi-known" as Il-496.
Also, the Il-96M is a Il-96-400 at heart, though with PW engines.
So is Il-96T, but with russian engines and avionics.
As is Il-96-400VPU, a doomsday plane
As is Il-96-400TZ, a prospective refueling tanker.
At least one of each Il-96T (RA-96001) and Il-96M (RA-96000) existed and flew.
Apparently, two of Il-96-400 exist and fly (RA-96102 and RA-96104) for Russian government
Apparently, two of Il-96-400T existed and flew (RA-96101 and RA-96103) for Polet Airlines
RA-96105 is apparently slowly being built up as Il-96-400 / Il-496
FWIW.
Photos of all of these seem to be on this website, galore. With the exception of RA-96105, so it seems.