unlike boeing they dont crash

@@Ronin615unlike Ilyushin, they successfully sell planes

@@Chorizo727 doesn't matter if the plane is being sold successfully Safety record matters only And unlike BOEING, they dont stop making planes like this. And they are still making it lool

@@Chorizo727 unlike killer air coffins known as Boeing, Ilyushin safety record is by far better than Boeing

@@HesTNTonPMS that's what having guts is like, my man

@@tonymontana5753 but simple to maintain than your screen fitted boeings

Lol

it is a requirement of the Russian authorities, remember that it is communism, to eliminate the flight engineer, it is to eliminate a job ... here in the USA it happened when the MD-80 series was developed, where the unions demanded that I have a flight engineer ( like the Boeing 727) because of the seating capacity...that's why McDonnell-Douglas sold the first MD-80 in Europe after (I think) three years it was sold in the USA...but don't be fooled, Russia has the technology, what it does not have is democracy.

@@vicentefuentes67 but Russia is not technically communist anymore. I just don't understand why they wouldn't use a flight engineer unless they don't have the tech or money to do so

Floght engineer is optional. It is possible to operate the aircraft with 2 people on any variant of the IL96 other than the original -300 variant.

I think that voice is a standard for all Honeywell RADALTs. So many airplanes have the exact same voice.

Yup, to facilitate operation in airfields without a lot of supporting ground equipment. it was a very self-reliant plane.

The reply above mine is correct. For some of the airfields in the Soviet Union with little or no infrastructure, it was expected that as well as being able to board from a remote stand, people would actually take their luggage on board with them and hand it over at the desk on the lower level, rather than having ground services do it. I don't think it ever really happened so they used the lower level for passengers to hand in their coats and hand luggage.

Hi! It's in the civil aviation institute facility, near the SVO airport (55.985603, 37.442365). Bad for us, that it's not allowed for visitors. Check out the Monino aviation museum, there's a lot of interesting planes.

old style plane. very cool.

thats because the plane needs a FE. Old Planes need that.

I've seen it in il-76 military transport

Its because the yoke is heavy needs both hands to pull that sucker haha

There is a lot of talk in the cockpit😄

They are not for people, they are for food trolleys

A thin squeeze indeed, that's what happens when You ride an elevator originally intended for food and beverage carts.