An air police officer said twbeen pulled from the wreckage of the big, four-engined Ilyushin Il-86 but he believed one had later died. The Pulkovo Airlines jet, capable of taking 350 passengers ...

On this day in aviation history, February 14, 1955, the first flight of a key progenitor that led to the MiG-21, the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2 took place. The Russian-designed Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ...

The Soviet Union selected the short- to medium-range widebody Ilyushin Il-86 jet airliner to be the basis of their doomsday aircraft. The Il-86 was the USSR's first widebody civilian aircraft and ...

Here’s why the IL-86 never took off like its Western rivals.

Totals 30-60 18-27 86. Halftime_W. Illinois 36-32. 3-Point Goals_Lindenwood (Mo.) 7-31 (Futrell 3-9, Johnson 1-3, Browning 1-5, Wildy 1-5, Bass 1-8, Jackson 0-1), W. Illinois 8-20 (Maletic 3-5 ...

Totals 36-67 5-8 86. Halftime_S. Illinois 47-43. 3-Point Goals_Indiana St. 10-26 (Gray 3-5, Wagner 3-7, Alocen 2-3, Daughtry 1-3, Doughty 1-3, LeGree 0-1, Teel 0-4), S. Illinois 9-21 (Davis 4-7 ...