Talk:Ilyushin Il-96
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US politics prevented further development of this variant. Eh? Could someone elaborate on this? These are Russian planes, after all. Mr. Jones 10:30, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Financing of western avionics (Collins & Honeywell) and engines (Pratt & Whitney), are done by US Govt Eximbank
I removed Having learned a bitter lesson during development of the Il-96M/T, , because there is no mention of what this 'bitter lesson' might actually have been. Dan100 18:44, May 6, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] conflict
both this and Tu-204 say that they were the first to introduce western engines. --80.63.213.182 16:17, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Tu-204 and Il-96 both introduced their plan to westernize with western engines at around the same time almost immediately after the fall of Soviet Union, so I guess it would be difficult to say who's first and who's second. The bottomline is that the development of Il-96 with western engine failed due to lack of funds in the certification process. The Tu-204, however, went through the certification process with the western engines and is now selling both western and Russian versions.
