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To: C19fan

Love the Strumovik.

But you would lose your bet.

According to the Wikipedia article on the aircraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-2), only 12 examples survive and only 1 is in flyable condition. (Scroll to the bottom of the article for a list of the surviving aircraft.


12 posted on 09/25/2014 12:53:14 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow)
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To: Captain Rhino

Amazing from 40,000 to a a dozen still around. I wonder what would it cost just to take the blue print and build some new ones with updated avionics and engine. It is hard to believe it would be close to $21 MM a copy.


14 posted on 09/25/2014 12:55:16 PM PDT by C19fan
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