Ilyushin Il-18

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Two Soviet aircraft have shared the designation Ilyushin Il-18.

The first was a propeller-driven airliner of 1946 based on the B-29 Superfortress. After a year of test flights, the programme was abandoned.

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The second Il-18 (NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner resembling the Lockheed L-188 Electra.

As one of the best known Soviet aircraft, it is also one of the most popular and long lasting, first flying in 1957.

The IL-18 is a passenger airplane equipped with four turboprop engines. The airplane was mass manufactured for twelve years. A great popularity of the airplane was not ensured just because of its high reliability and operational economy, but because of the possibility to increase the number of passenger seats and its flight range for every next modification (A, B, V, D and E) as well. Besides the IL-18 was produced in VIP version («Salon»).Seventeen foreign air carriers acquired 125 IL-18 airplanes.During the 1958-1960 period, 25 world records were set up by these airplanes and among them flight range and altitude records were achieved with various payload capacities. In 1958 for its advantages the airplane was awarded the Brussels World Fair Grand Prix.In April 1979 in order to commemorate the merits of this remarkable airplane a monument was unveiled at the Sheremetevo airport, and it was dedicated to the airplane that operates at the Russian and international routes till now.The first IL-18 equipped with the NK-4 turboprop engines took off on July 4, 1957. On 17 September, 1958 the airplane took off with the new AI-20 engines. V. K. Kokkinaki was an airplane test pilot.

Seating 100 to 120 passengers, its operating economics are such that many are still in service in Cuba, Siberia and by some operators in the Middle East.

Military versions have also been developed, like the Il-20 Coot-A ELINT, radar reconnaissance version, and the Il-22 Coot-B airborne command post aircraft, plus the Il-24 ELINT version. The Il-38 is the maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare version.

[edit] Technical Data for Ilyushin IL-18D

[edit] Dimensions

• Length (overall): 37,40 m
• Height (overall): 10,17 m
• Wing span: 37,90 m
• Wing area: 140 m²
• Fuselage diameter: 3,5 m

[edit] Engines

• Type: four (Ivtschenko) AI-20 M Turboprop engines with each 3.169 kW (4.250 h.p.)
• Propeller: AW-68 I
• Propeller diameter: 4,5 m)
• Auxiliary power unit : TG-16M (28 Volt DC)
• ICAO standards Annex 16 Chapter 2

[edit] Weights and Volumes

• Empty weight: 35.000 kg
• Max. take-off weight (MTOW): 64.000 kg
• Max. taxi weight : 64.500 kg
• Max. landing weight(MLW): 52.000 kg / IL-18D 52.600 kg
• Max. payload : 13.500 kg
• Max. zero-fuel weight(MZFW): 48.800 kg
• Max. fuel tanks capacity: 23.700 l (18.800kg); IL-18D 30.000 l (24.000 kg)

[edit] Performance

• Max. cruise speed: 675 km/h
• Cruise speed: 650 km/h
• Max. flight altitude 10,000 m
• Max. range: 6,500 km
• Range with max.payload: 4300 km
• Approach minima: ICAO CAT 1 Decision Hight 60m (200`ft)/ 800m (Visibility) or 550m RVR

[edit] operation

• Passengers: Maximum 120
• Crew: PIC , First Officer, Flightengineer, Flightnavigator + 2 - 3 Cabin Attendants

[edit] Service Life

• Calendar: 42 years
• Flight cycles: 18.000
• Flight hours: 40.000

[edit] Users

[edit] Military Operators

• Russia
• North Korea
• India

[edit] Civil Operators (Past And Present)

• Aeroflot - Russia/Soviet Union,
• Aerocaribbean - Cuba,
• Air Guinee - Guinea
• Air Koryo - North Korea
• Air Mali - Mali
• Anikay Air - Kyrgyzstan
• ASTAir - Russia
• Balkan Bulgarian Airlines - Bulgaria
• CAAC - China
• CSA - Czechoslovakia
• Cubana - Cuba
• Daallo Airlines - Djibouti
• Egyptair/United Arab Airlines - Egypt
• Expo Aviation - Sri Lanka
• Ghana Airways - Ghana
• GVG Airline - Russia
• Irbis Aero - Kazakhstan
• Interflug - East Germany
• Lviv Airlines - Ukraine
• Lot - Poland
• Malev - Hungary
• NPP-MIR - Russia
• Phoenix Aviation - United Arab Emirates
• Royal Afghan Airlines - Afghanistan
• Tabso
• Tarom - Romania
• Tretyakovo Airlines - Russia
• Vietnam Airlines - Vietnam
• Yemen Airways - Yemen

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Comparable aircraft

• Lockheed L-188 Electra
• Vickers Viscount

 

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• List of airliners
• List of civil aircraft