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To: sukhoi-30mki

3 posted on 01/26/2013 5:06:07 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)

To: JoeProBono

The IL-76 was almost a direct copy of Lockheed's C-141 (now retired by the Air Force). In fact, Russia stole the Lockheed blueprints.

Many people still refer to the IL-76 as the "C-141-ski."

9 posted on 01/26/2013 6:05:03 AM PST by SkyPilot

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