Aircraft
Russia’s Revived Il-76 Airlifter Now in Flight Test
The prototype Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A airlifter conducts a test flight. (Photo: Ilyushin)
The prototype Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A airlifter conducts a test flight. (Photo: Ilyushin)

Ilyushin and the Russian defense ministry have begun a joint flight-test and certification program for the Il-76MD-90A airlifter. The first flight in the program took place on March 18 at the Gromov Flight Test and Research Institute, in Zhukovsky, using the prototype (RA-78650) that first flew from the Aviastar manufacturing facility in Ulyanovsk in September last year.

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