Word: ilyushin
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...ancient Soviet Koryo Airways Ilyushin, departing from Beijing, I was handed the English-language Pyongyang Times. That day's front page showed a photo of a smiling Kim Jong Il under the headline "DPRK Shines Under the Leadership of Brilliant Commander." The "glorious" and "superb" Dear Leader was mentioned in nearly every article inside, giving "on-the-spot guidance" to industrial workers, farms or his generals...
...miles and $8,000, would-be space adventurers can take a flight on a MiG-25 jet fighter, which gets you 25 km high?you can see the earth's curvature. Or trade in 250,000 air miles and $2,000 to get weightless on a Russian Ilyushin 76 cargo plane used for space training, 11 km above the earth. In 2004, eight people redeemed air miles with Space Adventures for these types of flights at the formerly top-secret Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City outside Moscow...
...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder weightless on a Russian Ilyushin 76 cargo plane used for space training, 11 km above the earth. In 2004, eight people redeemed air miles with Space Adventures for these types of flights at the formerly top-secret Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City outside Moscow; that's a giant leap from 2003, when...
...President was lunching on baked halibut in the residence on Friday, discussing arms control with top advisers, when Gorbachev's Ilyushin-62 jet arrived from Moscow--at the same time as the ceremonial opening of Iceland's parliament. It was bad advance work by Moscow, for it meant that neither Iceland's President nor Prime Minister could be there to greet the Soviet leader. He and his wife Raisa were met instead by Foreign Minister Matthias Matthiesen. "We told Moscow about the opening of the parliament," lamented a Soviet embassy vice-consul, "but they decided it was too late...
...zones, it did not have enough chartered planes to make deliveries: it had just one C-130 Hercules, which can carry 16 tons of cargo, and two smaller Buffalos. At the end of April, the Sudanese government grudgingly gave clearance for three more chartered C-130s. Soon four big Ilyushin-76s (cargo capacity: 32 tons) are also to be allowed in. With this beefed-up air service, deliveries will soon reach 10,000 tons a month. That is better, but not close to the 15,000 tons required. "The only way to put an end to this," says Catherine Bertini...