Il-62

The only large-scale aircraft in its class. In terms of technical excellence, it corresponds to turbojet passenger aircraft of the “second generation”.

The aircraft fully complied with the world technical and economic level. For the creation of this aircraft, a group of design engineers of the Design Bureau was awarded the Lenin Prize.

The first flight was made on January 2, 1963. By the end of 1967 - the year of entry into operation, part of the Il-62 began to be used at the Leningrad Shosseynaya airport (since 1973 - Pulkovo), and together with the Tu-134 that appeared at the same time, it replaced most of the turboprop aircraft.