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In addition to the general policy and strategic considerations, Yanayev will not let go of the details. Sometimes an inadvertent turn www.biquge.info pen "Fun" will directly affect a series of subsequent changes and developments. The results of the butterfly effect were staggering, and all Yanayev had to do was make the butterfly flap its wings.

Yanayev once laughed at himself as the general secretary of the Soviet Union who had the most extensive management of this term, from the satellite launch program to the Red Navy's warship equipment update, from foreign arms sales projects to domestic economic development issues, he has experienced historical changes and great changes of the times, and he can always find the most crucial point in a large number of intricate environments. And the future path of the development of various industries in the Soviet Union may be a casual remark by Yanayev.

Although it is a little late, before Boeing and the shell divide the big cake of the world civil aviation market, Yanayev wants his Ilyushin Design Bureau to also seize a piece of the market. After all, the huge profits brought by civil airliners are no less than the Soviet Union's sales of tanks and fighter planes all over the world.

The task was handed over to Noorzhilov, the head of the Ilyushin Design Bureau, and after 2010 it was too late for China and Russia to realize the importance of the civil aviation market. Boeing and Shell have carved up the vast majority of the world's civil aviation market and have customers who have been in business for many years. It has become difficult for new civil airliners to seize market share. Although China's current concept of civil airliners is still at the level of building rather than buying.

Yanayev did not want to wait until that time to regret it, in fact, it was only one person's will to change a world.

Fortunately, Yanayev is from the future.

And the nineties happened to be a big gamble for Boeing to renew, and if the Boeing 777 passenger plane failed to sell, then Boeing was likely to go bankrupt completely. If the Soviet Union could design a new civil airliner to seize the market at this time, the blow to Boeing would be huge. And once Boeing goes bankrupt, the scope of the impact will not be as simple as the US aviation industry, and the chain reaction and the economic weakness of the nineties will simply put President Mario on the fire. The bankruptcy and restructuring of a century-old brand is enough to trigger a financial tsunami on Wall Street.

In the office of the Ilyushin Design Bureau, Yanayev presented his point of view to the designers of Ilyushin as their reference.

"The Soviet-designed civil airliner was roughly similar to the Boeing 777 in terms of performance, or even better than the Boeing 777. If it is based on the design of the Il-96, it is equipped with a new economical engine in the 40-ton class, plus modern avionics and comfortable interior facilities. And our aircraft has always been cheap and durable, and it will always be a very good choice to open up the world civil aviation market. The 737 has reached the end of its life, and now is the opportunity for the market to be blank. ”

When Yanayev visited the Ilyushin Design Bureau, he said this to Onozhilov. Of course, in addition to seizing the world market, the Soviet Union also had another hidden political purpose.

After listening to Yanayev's suggestion, the people around him felt a little incredible, because what Yanayev said coincided with their research.

The Il-96 was originally a four-engine long-range wide-body airliner designed by the Ilyushin Design Bureau of Russia, and was an improvement of the Il-86, the first wide-body airliner in the Soviet Union, after shortening the length of the fuselage, extending the flight range and adding high-tech equipment. With a maximum passenger capacity of 235, the Il-96 can reach a maximum range of 7,000 nautical miles, which means that it can fly non-stop flights from Moscow to the West Coast of the United States and compete with Airbus A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft in the same class. And its pricing is more than 30% cheaper than Western airliners in the same class.

If the newly designed airliner is better than the Il-96, then it will not be a problem at all to seize the vast majority of the market.

Historically, the Il-96 was also chosen by Russian President Vladimir Putin as his VIP plane. It's just that the glory of the Il-96 was just a flash in the pan, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ilyushin Design Bureau was no longer able to carry out new model research and development, and was finally merged and reorganized in a state of embarrassment. The legendary aircraft, which could have been Boeing and Airbus' biggest competitors, was later mothballed due to substandard materials.

Yanayev's plan coincided with the plan that designer Onozhilov had been working on three years ago, and he had been trying to improve it since the Il-96 interview, starting with the elimination of the four-engine engine and replacing it with a twin-engine engine.

"Truth be told, General Secretary Yanayev, we started this program three years ago. Due to insufficient financial preparation, the development of the new Il-96 has been slow, and now we have only completed three-quarters of the way, and the rest has been temporarily suspended due to lack of funds. ”

Onozhilov brought out a large pile of manuscript paper from a cabinet, on which was the project plan for the renovation of the Il-96 airliner, from the smallest parts to the structure adjustment of the entire civil aircraft, Onozhilov described in great detail. It was only six months ago that Ilyushin terminated the research on the new model due to financial problems, which was undoubtedly the heaviest blow to him at that time.

Yanayev touched the dusty manuscript paper and felt a little emotional. If the coup d'état had failed and the Soviet Union had collapsed, these precious blueprints would have been thrown away as garbage, and could eventually become burned waste paper. This is how much of the designer's precious effort is included, and everyone will feel distressed if it is burned like that.

Thinking of this, Yanayev rejoiced. He prevented an incorrigible fool and a villain with ulterior motives from destroying the empire that his father had spent generations building.

As long as it remains, the USSR will not fall.

Onozhilov scratched his head, as the leader of the Ilyushin Design Bureau, he has been working on completing this plan for many years, but the plan has run out of funds at the last step, and Onozhilov, who originally wanted to seal the design drawings, did not expect to usher in a turnaround.

It was the general secretary's personal speech.

"As long as we can develop a civil airliner that is as good as Boeing and Airbus, but at a more affordable price, we will strongly support your development plan." Including a series of plans such as follow-up promotion. Comrade Onozhilov, there is nothing more effective than advertising the Il-96 as a special plane for the supreme leader of the USSR, right? ”

Because Yeltsin did not become president as before, Yanayev's special plane is still a slightly shabby Il-62, instead of a luxurious modified Il-96. It was just the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to change the aircraft type and help the Ilyushin Design Bureau to open the way to the world civil aviation market.

Onozhilov's eyes widened and he could not believe what Yanayev said, and the president took the lead in flying the Il-96 airliner, which meant that the development of the Il-96 rose to the level of national politics. This was a pleasant surprise for the Ilyushin Design Bureau.

After a brief period of financial difficulties in the mid-nineties, the Ilyushin Design Bureau finally ushered in spring. Even if Yanayev does nothing, just announcing that the Il-96 will be turned into a presidential plane is tantamount to injecting adrenaline into the Ilyushin Design Bureau.

"Of course there are no problems, General Secretary Yanayev." Onozhilov wiped his eyes with the back of his hand a little out of shape, choked up and said, "I'm just too excited, really, I didn't expect to see this plan re-implemented." ”

Yanayev patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "It's been hard for you for the past few years. Not only Ilyushin, Sukhoi, Antonov, Mikoyan are facing the same dilemma of insufficient funding. But it's good to survive these years. I believe that your spring is coming. ”

Yanayev's words gave Onozhilov confidence, and he believed that the leader who led the Soviet Union to revival was as committed to the development of the new model as he had always insisted on developing the new model in the Il.

This is different from the big gamble of Boeing, which was the belief of the Ilyushin Design Bureau and the dream of Onozhilov.

The Soviet Union's civil airliners will one day occupy the world's civil aviation market. (To be continued.) )