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Have you ever seen the cockpit of an Ilyushin Il-86? It was the first wide body aircraft produced in the Soviet Union. The Ilyushin company’s first Il-86 flight was in 1976, and it was put into service with Aeroflot Soviet Airlines in 1980. It had the distinction of being safe and reliable with no major incidents during its three decades of commercial. Did you ever fly on an Ilyushin Il-86? Image: Aeroflot Soviet Airlines postcard, Ilyushin Il-86, c.1985. Gift of the William Hough Collection. 2008.055.067 m
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