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The plane of the President of Russia - a flying work of art

The history of the creation of a special air squad, whose task - the delivery of the first persons of the state to where they are ordered, began in the distant 1956. The technical park of this organizational structure was then the best passenger aircraft of Russia, or rather, the Soviet Union - IL-12.

Aviation was developing rapidly, and all the novelties tested for a certain period in Aeroflot arrived in Vnukovo, where government winged vehicles were based. Not only equipment, but also pilots were selected here the best, because responsibility is great. If there is a flight accident, the whole world will immediately start talking about the technical backwardness of "these Russians, who even the head of state can not normally deliver." But there was no occasion for such gossip, fortunately. PE emerged, but not through the fault of our equipment or pilots. For example, in 1961 an airplane with the then Soviet premier LI. Brezhnev was shot at by a French interceptor, and only thanks to the skill of the crew, everything went well.

Today the plane of the Russian president is not just a vehicle. On board, there is everything to manage the country and work effectively, which is inconceivable and without the ability to fully rest. There are also bedrooms, and showers, and a conference room .

Do not forget and the need for food, because the flights made by the board number 1, are lengthy. Therefore, the galley liner is equipped with a cooker, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, in general, all that is in a good kitchen.

The plane of the Russian president is perfectly decorated inside. The representative function of this machine is very important, it is the Kremlin in miniature, just like every aircraft with a tricolor flag on the steering wheel and the inscription RA on the fuselage. No world leader, having been on his board, will be able to say that the authors of the interior did not have the taste, and the performers - the means. Upholstery is made by the same firm that deals with the salons of cars Austin Martin. All plumbing fixtures and most of the details of the metal fittings of the interior trim are gold plated. In general, the cost of high-end equipment exceeded the equivalent of 19 million dollars.

Of course, the President's aircraft was built in Russia, a country that has long-standing and glorious traditions of the aviation industry. This Il-96-300 is quite a decent wide-body machine with four engines, very reliable, fast and comfortable.

The incident that occurred in August 2005, when technical problems led to the fact that the aircraft of the Russian president did not start to air, caused 42 days of trouble not only to the ground services of the special squadron, but also to the numerous operators of this aircraft, who were forbidden to fly to IL- 96. However, it soon became clear that the problems were insignificant, and the flights continued.

Of course, the plane of the Russian president is not a single notion, there are several main cruise vehicles that perform this function, in particular, only the 96th Ilov has six. Not all of them have such a luxurious finish, as the main side, but the flight conditions for them are quite comfortable. In the technical park of the squadron there are other types of airliners: Il-62, and Tu-214, and other reliable aircraft, and besides them - rotorcrafts to get even where there are no runways.

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