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<blockquote data-quote="nismok" data-source="post: 3364668" data-attributes="member: 109094"><p><strong>1. Putin's brand-new IL-96-300</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663985&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/371663985_2fbc4f11cc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>- or should it be called "Air Force Two"?</p><p></p><p>Construction of this plane, the equivalent of America's "Air Force One", started in Voronezh several years ago.A Bristol firm <em>"Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings"</em> has won a £10m contract to refurbish the Russian presidential plane. </p><p></p><p>"All technical information on the closed project is a state secret," Russian NTV Mir television told viewers. Well, now's the time to show you the first leaked-out pictures of the top-secret interior.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320503&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/370320503_8754de7356.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320516&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/370320516_9007c3ab4e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320476&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/370320476_5869026b29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320759&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/370320759_44919e2d55.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320746&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/370320746_f37afdbffb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320732&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/370320732_160b6efd49.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320718&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/370320718_acf4c22fd3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320695&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370320695_ab6b95761f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320684&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/370320684_5188899921.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320654&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/370320654_52ce7bae63.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320665&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/370320665_518c71911c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320639&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/370320639_5f2547f75e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320570&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/370320570_4a51aadb72.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320555&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/370320555_99dc5a922b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320808&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/370320808_729945aa3a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320797&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/370320797_5514f31e10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320580&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/370320580_491b4545c9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320624&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/370320624_aaa5317a37.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320783&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/370320783_fcb0cc6604.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320706&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/370320706_4bdc7567dd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663991&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/371663991_8afc9ec73a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663993&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/371663993_a56031cc0b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320771&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/370320771_09a53575a3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663992&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/371663992_8d1442d4d7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>In-flight Bible:</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667763&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/375667763_3b267671a5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Sources: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/1981091.stm" target="_blank">BBC</a>, <a href="http://hectop.livejournal.com/354521.html" target="_blank">Hectop</a>, <a href="http://www.kommersant.com/p738321/Il_President_Jet_Interior" target="_blank">Kommersant</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>2. Russian Presidential Helicopter</strong></p><p></p><p>From the same <a href="http://hectop.livejournal.com/354990.html" target="_blank">source</a> come these leaked-out pictures of <strong>Mi-8MTV-1</strong> helicopter. The interior seems to echo the style of Mr. Putin's jet.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667852&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/375667852_624b8f84ba.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667879&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/375667879_ed08d71e25.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667796&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/375667796_8bd8429a3a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>3. Previous Russian Presidential Planes:</strong></p><p></p><p>"Aeroflot" has six <strong>Ilyushin 96</strong> (like the one shown below) in its fleet.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663512&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/371663512_80da726aee.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Previous Russian presidential planes included <strong>IL-62M</strong>:</p><p>(Photos from <a href="http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=174227" target="_blank">JetPhotos</a> and <a href="http://www.flightforum.ch/forum/showthread.php?p=273488" target="_blank">FlightForum</a>)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658224&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/371658224_1e56bf5793.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658222&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/371658222_ef13746060.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658221&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/371658221_c81ff0fd47.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>and <strong>IL-96</strong> (Boris Eltzin's plane) which will stay in service as a backup plane:</p><p>It's current price is estimated 300 million dollars (40 million spent on interior only). Photos by <a href="http://www.charliebravo.de/" target="_blank">Carsten Blumel</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660457&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/371660457_f8de2f56da.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660455&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/371660455_74691a0464.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660454&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/371660454_985be988c1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660459&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/371660459_be5caed8a0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Fidel Castro's Presidential Plane</strong></p><p></p><p>The camaraderie between some political leaders extends quite far:</p><p>Castro's new plane <strong>Ilyushin Il-96-300</strong> was imported from Russia, and even has the same interior design and upholstery colors (read BBS <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4793048.stm" target="_blank"> article</a>)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658218&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/371658218_a312b673a5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658216&size=o" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/371658216_ed8f924866.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nismok, post: 3364668, member: 109094"] [B]1. Putin's brand-new IL-96-300[/B] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663985&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/371663985_2fbc4f11cc.jpg[/IMG][/URL] - or should it be called "Air Force Two"? Construction of this plane, the equivalent of America's "Air Force One", started in Voronezh several years ago.A Bristol firm [I]"Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings"[/I] has won a £10m contract to refurbish the Russian presidential plane. "All technical information on the closed project is a state secret," Russian NTV Mir television told viewers. Well, now's the time to show you the first leaked-out pictures of the top-secret interior. [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320503&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/370320503_8754de7356.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320516&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/370320516_9007c3ab4e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320476&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/370320476_5869026b29.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320759&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/370320759_44919e2d55.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320746&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/370320746_f37afdbffb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320732&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/370320732_160b6efd49.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320718&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/370320718_acf4c22fd3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320695&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370320695_ab6b95761f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320684&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/370320684_5188899921.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320654&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/370320654_52ce7bae63.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320665&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/370320665_518c71911c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320639&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/370320639_5f2547f75e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320570&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/370320570_4a51aadb72.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320555&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/370320555_99dc5a922b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320808&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/370320808_729945aa3a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320797&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/370320797_5514f31e10.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320580&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/370320580_491b4545c9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320624&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/370320624_aaa5317a37.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320783&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/370320783_fcb0cc6604.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320706&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/370320706_4bdc7567dd.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663991&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/371663991_8afc9ec73a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663993&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/371663993_a56031cc0b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=370320771&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/370320771_09a53575a3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663992&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/371663992_8d1442d4d7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] In-flight Bible: [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667763&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/375667763_3b267671a5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Sources: [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/1981091.stm"]BBC[/URL], [URL="http://hectop.livejournal.com/354521.html"]Hectop[/URL], [URL="http://www.kommersant.com/p738321/Il_President_Jet_Interior"]Kommersant[/URL] [B]2. Russian Presidential Helicopter[/B] From the same [URL="http://hectop.livejournal.com/354990.html"]source[/URL] come these leaked-out pictures of [B]Mi-8MTV-1[/B] helicopter. The interior seems to echo the style of Mr. Putin's jet. [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667852&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/375667852_624b8f84ba.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667879&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/375667879_ed08d71e25.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=375667796&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/375667796_8bd8429a3a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]3. Previous Russian Presidential Planes:[/B] "Aeroflot" has six [B]Ilyushin 96[/B] (like the one shown below) in its fleet. [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371663512&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/371663512_80da726aee.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Previous Russian presidential planes included [B]IL-62M[/B]: (Photos from [URL="http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=174227"]JetPhotos[/URL] and [URL="http://www.flightforum.ch/forum/showthread.php?p=273488"]FlightForum[/URL]) [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658224&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/371658224_1e56bf5793.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658222&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/371658222_ef13746060.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658221&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/371658221_c81ff0fd47.jpg[/IMG][/URL] and [B]IL-96[/B] (Boris Eltzin's plane) which will stay in service as a backup plane: It's current price is estimated 300 million dollars (40 million spent on interior only). Photos by [URL="http://www.charliebravo.de/"]Carsten Blumel[/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660457&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/371660457_f8de2f56da.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660455&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/371660455_74691a0464.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660454&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/371660454_985be988c1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371660459&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/371660459_be5caed8a0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]Fidel Castro's Presidential Plane[/B] The camaraderie between some political leaders extends quite far: Castro's new plane [B]Ilyushin Il-96-300[/B] was imported from Russia, and even has the same interior design and upholstery colors (read BBS [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4793048.stm"] article[/URL]) [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658218&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/371658218_a312b673a5.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=371658216&size=o"][IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/371658216_ed8f924866.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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