Word: ilyushins
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Just as John Paul was preparing to board the Soviet-built Ilyushin jet that would take him back to Rome, President Reagan sent the Jaruzelski government a message on what the U.S. expected from the papal visit. Addressing a group of Polish Americans in Chicago, many of whom were waving Solidarity pennants, Reagan described the Pope's visit as "a ray of hope for the Polish people." The President hinted that if Poland's military rulers decided to follow the path of liberalization, the Western alliance would consider lifting economic sanctions. Said Reagan: "I urge the Polish authorities...
...American members of the tour group aboard Flight 2505 were waiting as patiently as they could for the droning flight to end. Their airliner, carrying 72 passengers in all, was a Soviet-made turboprop Ilyushin-18, vintage 1960, a far cry in comfort and speed from the kind of aircraft the Americans were used to. The plane was approaching Shanghai last week when a flight that had been dull suddenly became unforgettable...
Somehow the pilot managed to pull up the nose of the Ilyushin, but the plane still hit the runway so hard that its tires blew out. Then, one by one, the bleeding hijackers were dragged feet first down the aisle and out of the plane. Three of them were unconscious, and the American passengers were convinced that at least two were dead, although Chinese authorities later insisted that all had survived...
Once again the alarms rang out. Returning from a four-day trip to the Central Asian city of Tashkent, Brezhnev, 75, was reportedly carried from his Ilyushin 62 jet on a stretcher. The news raised questions not only about his possible successor but, more important, about how the Soviet Union's policies might change under a new leadership...
Commercial air traffic, what little is still operating, moves in and out of Kabul airport normally, but the Soviet Ilyushin and Antonov military transports that use the same runway bank sharply after takeoff and climb to a safe altitude in a tight spiral. There is rising concern that rebels armed with hand-held SA-7 antiaircraft missiles may be hiding in the hills around the capital...