In a recent issue of the transfer of production regional turboprop aircraft Il-114 from Uzbekistan to Russia received a new impetus. One of the main lobbyists of the project, Vice — Premier of the Russian government Dmitry Rogozin said that he looks forward to using the updated Il-114, for example, in the Arctic. It seems to be showing interest in the car and a number of regional domestic airlines. So far, the only commercial operator of these aircraft still Uzbek Assembly remains the airline Uzbekistan Airways. And its experience of the operation of the aircraft Il-114-100 looks quite successful.
The official history of the commercial exploitation of the Il-114 in Uzbekistan was launched 17 years ago. In August 1998, one of the cars produced at the Tashkent aviation production Association named after V. P. Chkalov (now the Tashkent mechanical plant), made a passenger flight from Tashkent to Samarkand. However, a targeted program updates to regional component of the Park Uzbekistan Airways due entirely to local production started only a decade later.
To upgrade
In 2008, Uzbekistan Airways has received the Il-114-100 with registration number UK-91105. This aircraft was one of the first machines of this type, released TAPOiCh in the twenty-first century. The main differences between the new modification are the application engines PW127H production Pratt & Whitney Canada and digital flight-navigation complex “TSPNK-114 Collins” the development of the scientific research Institute of aviation equipment in Zhukovsky (from the end of 2012 is part of the concern KRET).
The complex includes the products of JSC “NIIAO” (blocks calculate the signals, blocks concentration signals, the remote system XAIS and ACS indicators MFI-LCD 2, the computer system piloting VSS-95-1V) and the elements of the avionics Proline 21 produced by the American company Rockwell Collins (VHF-4000, NAV-4000, ALT-4000, TCAS-4000, etc.).