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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.

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

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

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!

Where they landed? Ciampino?

bismarck wrote: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

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

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

bismarck wrote:
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.

Beware of stray posts......

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

They probably still flew it with the damage.