- TAPO
Tashkent Aviation Production Association named after V. P. Chkalov or TAPO/TAPOiCh for short ( _ru. Ташкентское авиационное производственное объединение имени В. П. Чкалова) is a leading high-technology company ofUzbekistan , which was originally moved fromRussia to the rear of theSoviet Union ,Uzbekistan in1941 during theWorld War II .Founded in
1932 in the city ofKhimki , Moscow region as the 84 Repairing Factory of GVF (Civil Aviation Fleet), later - the Aviation Factory named after V. P. Chkalov,Since
March 25 ,1971 has been mainly involved in production ofIlyushin Il-76 , a 4-engined strategicairlifter , which is in a widespread use in eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.Until the collapse of the Soviet Union it has produced over 900 cargo and military airplanes. This plant also manufactured the wings of the
An-124 ,AN-225 andAn-70 aircraft. It also produces theIl-114 [ [http://www.kommersant.com/p781334/r_500/aircraft_industry/%20Kommersant Kommersant] ] [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/chkalov.htm GlobalSecurity.org] ]TAPOiCh has lacked financing and technical parts from Russian partners and since
1991 has produced only about 10Il-76MF /TF airframes, none of which have been sold to date. The IL-76MF/TF series are the stretched IL-76. The few military and civilianIl-76 andIl-78 that were delivered to the Indian Air Force and to a few civilian customers in recent years were completed on a large stock of previously-built, but unsold airframes, but all were based on the short original airframes, not the stretched version, all of which are still at the Tashkent factory.The last two civilian IL-76MD-90s delivered toVolga-Dnepr [ [http://www.pmz.ru/?url=en-1-5-0-0-0-0&idinfo=975 Perm Engine Company] ] andSilk Way Airlines in 2006 and 2007 were fitted with new Perm 90 engines that meet ICAO Chapter IV standards, which are allowed to operate worldwide.Since
July 4 ,2007 TAPOiCh was included into theUnited Aircraft Building Corporation [ [http://www.kommersant.com/p781334/r_500/aircraft_industry/ Kommersant] ] , and as from2010 to2012 will start the production of 24IL-76MF cargo planes for China, in the cooperation with JVAviaStar ofUlyanovsk ,Russia .References
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