Il-76

[hawk_sh]

There is a new flyable IL-76 available at AVSIMRUS

http://www.avsimrus.com/f/fs2004-aircra ... mments&hl=

The model and the textures look awesome.

There are also a paintkit and already a few additional repaints available.

[Firebird]

I really must go flying one day, there is a rumour that you can do this in FS9.

[miljan]

It is good model but no panels and sound, but even that can be found on avsim.ru

[james84]

Thanks for the link!
I remember the Il-76s came to Rome when Ghaddafi came on official visit two years ago. 5 aircrafts came within one hour bringin horses, cars and his famous tent. They were smoky and after they passed over my house burnt fuel could be smelled!

[bismarck]

Where they landed? Ciampino?

[james84]

Where they landed? Ciampino?

Yes. The "Rais" came on his A340-200 with the Afriqiyah colours. An Afriqiyah A319 and an A300 arrived some minutes later.
Here is a photo of the A340 I took from my terrace

[bismarck]

I leave near the landing route of Linate, but your terrace is in a high strategic position!!!

I don't know if it is as it was when I was in Rome for military service (84-85), but at that time I saw a lot of interesting arrivals. The top was a C-141.

Ciao

[hawk_sh]

Here is thread about the IL-76 model in a Russian forum.

http://www.avsim.su/forum/topic/123553- ... e__st__140

I do not speak Russian, but the screenshots speak for themselves...
ground support equipment, different cargo versions, tanker version

[james84]

I leave near the landing route of Linate, but your terrace is in a high strategic position!!!

I don't know if it is as it was when I was in Rome for military service (84-85), but at that time I saw a lot of interesting arrivals. The top was a C-141.

Ciao

I was born just in 1984 so I cannot remember, but I've seen lots of interesting stuff: when George Bush came in 2003, for example, I've seen the Air Force One when I was preparing for the Maturità (=Italian high school exam), and the days before his arrival there was a daily C-17 or even a C-5!
The Qatar Amiri Flight A330 or A340-500 come quite often (3-4 times per year), but I never photographed them. Royal Saudi Flight 777 or 747SP (at least in the past) used to come too. Sometimes there is a C-17, a Hercules, C-27 or MB-339 (too small to photograph with my 250mm lens) and foreign governmental flights: Sarkozy came both with an A319, A330 and A300, the Pope lands with Alitalia aircrafts (A321 if flying in Europe, 777 for intercontinental flights - some days ago he came back from Cuba with a 777, there is a photo in the Military Aviation photography section).
A real and unexpected highlight was this
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Las-Vega ... 80e45140ad

It came in summer 2010 with some African chief of state on board.

[delbydoo]

Beware of stray posts......

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia-- ... 376bf023a5

[Victory103]

They probably still flew it with the damage.