IL-2 Shturmovik flies again!

[Bino]

The one and only airworthy IL-2 made its first flight yesterday, having been rebuilt "for an American collector" (hmmm... Paul Allen? article does not say by whom this was commissioned) in Novosibirsk.   

Over 36,000 were built, yet this is the only one that can take to the air.  Nice little video, in Russian, on this page...

http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/2011-10-13_ilyushin.asp

[beau32]

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Already Posted. 

[Bino]

Cool, glad it's been noted. 

I was able to puzzle out enough of the Cyrillic to realize that the older gentleman in the spiffy uniform with a chest-full of medals is Alexander Yefimov, himself!  The restored plane is painted to look like one that he flew back in the day.

[Bino]

This was posted two days ago on the FHC site:

"The rare Ilyushin Il-2M "Shturmovik" attack plane recently completed in Russia is headed to the Flying Heritage Collection..."

http://www.flyingheritage.com/TemplateMain.aspx?contentId=93

[Guppy35]

This was posted two days ago on the FHC site:

"The rare Ilyushin Il-2M "Shturmovik" attack plane recently completed in Russia is headed to the Flying Heritage Collection..."

http://www.flyingheritage.com/TemplateMain.aspx?contentId=93

You gotta be quick around here Bino

Beat ya by a day

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,322726.0.html