Already a lower flyaway price and most probably operating cost : smaller, smaller engines, less moving parts : fixed refueling probe, fixed intake, no dorsal air brake, longer airframe life span

I always thought the intakes on the Typhoon were fixed as well?:confused:

Longer airframe life? We’ll have to see many years service from both aircraft to make a decision on that one…

The sole reason why the C-130J sold is because it has been the ONLY serious contender in its class for the past 10 years. It suffers from exactly the same issues as the Il-476 and would almost certainly not have had anything like the same success if the A400M and KC-390 had been available to compete in that period. Like Ilyushin, Lockheed sold it to the USAF as a straightforward upgrade that would be cheap to develop, but delays and cost overruns were significant and might well have killed the project if there had been a viable alternative. Look at the UK: faced with having to chop either the Hercules or the A400M due to spending cuts they went for cutting the former.

Things worked out for LM due to a virtual monopoly, but with the A400M around the corner Ilyushin will not be so lucky. Any sales would be limited to customers with no access to the Airbus and if the An-70 finally makes it into service, even those could be in serious jeopardy.

The only serious contenders that the C-130 ever had in its almost 60 year history were the C-160 Transall and the An-12 (does the Shorts Belfast count, or too big?) The Hercules always outsold its competitors several times over anyway.
The main reason why the C-130 sells so well is because anything bigger would be just too expensive – unless they’ve got an airliner in service for VIP.

I have no idea what your point is. Do you not agree that the C-17 has been, in recent years, more successful sales-wise than the Il-76?
I never denied that the Il-76 was produced in greater numbers than all the C-141, C-5 and C-17 put together. Nor have I denied that some people in Africa have hired the services of the Il-76, just as they have hired other types as well. Is Africa an important market for Aviation?
I never said the Il-76 was young type either…

And the Myasishchev wooden models don’t qualify as ” cold war prototypes” either.

Also, if you are on a shoe-string budget (and therefore a prime target for Il-76 sales) why would you buy a new one when the used aircraft market is flooded with ex-military and former Aeroflot airframes at rock-bottom prices?

It all depends on how much you really want to utilise the aircraft, I suppose. An Il-96 probably sells for half the price as a B767 – but if you intend to fly the aircraft 1200 cycles and 3,000 flight hours a year, well then operating costs and reliability are paramount.
It depends on who is buying the freighter and how much they intend to operate it. Certainly the Il-76 derivatives will have their market.

it was the I.A. 37 Ala Delta, Levsha

Thanks. It looks like something out the movies ‘Barbarella’ or ‘Flash Gordon’…:cool:

You should try translating a software manual from German into English…:(