What is this old passenger jet?

[RDMcG]

Seen in Havana...four fuselage mounted engines....maybe Russian?...no clue....

[Christmassss]

looks like a Ilyushin Il-62

[RDMcG]

Many thanks.. I wondered if it could be Russian given its location.

[yellowjack]

Cubana Ilyushin Il-62, CU-T1284

Seen here in better order...

[RDMcG]

Can always rely n PH to find the answer. Many thanks!!

[hutchst]

I remember Angolan TAAG used to fly one out of Jo'burg. Rate of climb lower than an asthmatic window cleaner, and you could still see the smoke belching out the back when it was 100 miles away.

[mike80]

That, and the similar looking VC-10 are wonderful looking planes in my opinion. It's a shame that they aren't around any more.

[hutchst]

There used to be one festering away at Banjul in Gambia. I haven't been there recently so don't know if its still there.

[55palfers]

Nanook said:

The VC10's uglier Russian cousin.

Even the flight deck windows are almost the same

[MB140]

55palfers said:

Nanook said:

The VC10's uglier Russian cousin.

Even the flight deck windows are almost the same

Had the privilege of flying on VC10s, bloody loud and bloody quick.

[Europa1]

hutchst said:

There used to be one festering away at Banjul in Gambia. I haven't been there recently so don't know if its still there.

I flew into Banjul once; very, very last minute abort "as there is already a plane on the runway". I only expected to get the trots after, not before, arriving, in Africa...

[Eric Mc]

I always liked the Il-62. IT's quite an attractive looking aeroplane - although the VC-10 is nicer.

[FourWheelDrift]

IL-62 "Lady Agnes" being retired to the Lilienthal collection in Germany in 1989, making it's final landing on a 900m long grass field.

Landing starts around the 2m28 mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spB1vZU0Aj8

[TroubledSoul]

FourWheelDrift said:

IL-62 "Lady Agnes" being retired to the Lilienthal collection in Germany in 1989, making it's final landing on a 900m long grass field.

Landing starts around the 2m28 mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spB1vZU0Aj8

Looks an absolute pig to land!

[Eric Mc]

I think the nature of the landing ground is the main culprit in that video. At normal airports, IL-62s behaved OK.

[FourWheelDrift]

Nice bit of on-board from a North Korean IL-62 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1jtDzu9vE

[yellowjack]

Nanook said:

55palfers said:

Nanook said:

The VC10's uglier Russian cousin.

Even the flight deck windows are almost the same

Always thought the tailplane was more elegant on the VC10. The Ilyushin had a longer fuselage but a shorter tail.

An interesting, brief examination of the differences between the two designs...

http://www.vc10.net/History/Comp_il62.html

...and an assertion that, in terms of flight control at least, the Il-62's tail surfaces were the "better" design solution...



...although the Ilyushin design did require the addition of a tail prop with castoring wheels to overcome some challenging CoG issues while loading/unloading fuel, passengers, and baggage.

Edited by yellowjack on Thursday 22 February 08:28

[yellowjack]

More gubbins...

Perhaps the fitting of a tail prop by Ilyushin wasn't such a bad idea after all...



...and maybe Vickers should have installed one for "emergencies and oversights"


And the only image I've found with both aeroplanes in the same picture...

[Eric Mc]

Il-62s were quite a common sight at Shannon Airport - both Aeroflot and Cubana examples used to stage through to pick up fuel.

[demic]

I lucky enough to have made it to Doncaster when the Rada IL62 was in last year. First (and probably only) time I’ve ever seen one.