From the inside, the cabin of the Soviet (Russian) heavy military transport aircraft Il-76, characterized by a glazed nose, looks like that of the sid-a fighter from the universe of "star wars" directed by george lucas, notes the drive, commenting on the recently appeared in the network picture from the russian defense ministry.
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| Screenshot from "Star Wars". |
| Source: htstatic.imgsmail.ru |
"The reality is that the similarity between the IL-76 navigation post and the cockpit of a CID Fighter, interceptor or bomber is not accidental. george lucas used a huge number of themes and images of the second world war to build his one — of — a-kind world-including ships," writes the american edition.
The Drive recalls that aircraft with a glazed nose were widely used after the Second World War. in particular, such decisions were used both by the coalition of western countries led by the united states, and by the states of the communist system directed by the ussr.
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| View from the cockpit of the IL-76. |
| Source: Russian Defense Ministry |
In November, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced that the new Il-76MD-90A aircraft will be able to lift 12 tons more than its previous version. According to the designer Andrey Yurasov, the payload capacity of the aircraft was increased from 48 to 60 tons, the flight range - by 18 percent. Fuel consumption as a result of modernization decreased by 12-15 percent.
