A solemn ceremony dedicated to rollout of another Il-76MD-90A military-transport aircraft painted in livery of the Russian Ministry of Defense was held on June 9th 2015 in Ulyanovsk, TASS reports.
“The same month the jet was delivered to the Ilyushin Company’s flight test and development base; it will be handed over to the customer in August. It is planned that the aircraft would participate in MAKS-2015 airshow,” Aviastar-SP CEO Sergey Dementyev said.
The Governor of Ulyanovsk Region Sergey Morozov added that the jet would be named after the outstanding aircraft designer Viktor Livanov. “As a pilot I have been operating the Il aircraft for 30 years. It is a great aircraft, I love it and hope that it will serve Russia for years to come,” Commander-in-Chief of the military-transport aviation Vladimir Benediktov said.
All the necessary aircraft systems and equipment have been installed and a number of tests have already been completed. Now the aircraft (MSN 0105) will undergo ground and production flight tests. It will be the second airliner of the type delivered to Russian Ministry of Defense under a contract for delivery of 39 Il-76MD-90A jets. The contract worth 140 billion rubles was signed in 2012. Deliveries should be completed by 2020. However, in early June Benediktov said that the armed forces would take delivery of only 30 jets of the type by 2020.
