Ilja Muromets, first 4-mot-Bomber of the World.

[hasegawa]

The first 4-mot.-Bomber oin the world was not from Germany, not from the UK and not from the USA... It was the "Ilja Muromets" from Igor Sikorsky (Сикорский Илья Муромец), tzarist Russia.... first flown: 25. 2. 1914.
New in "Rise of flights"...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Ilya_Muromets

[Ian Warren]

Igor Sikorsky really was ahead of his time, great screens , great little program . ROF I have not had install for a whiles now.

[Olderndirt]

Some serious bracing wires on that monster - what a maintenance nightmare.

[Ian Warren]

I think one off the classic photo's is Russian passengers walking outside on a promenade deck with the passenger version ... they should have sold it to the Indian airlines ... you know how they are with their rail system

[hasegawa]

On the first flight, the aircraft carried 16 passengers and a dog.... 25. february 1914...

[Ian Warren]

Indian Airways had they brought would have trebled that maybe even quadruple, even have have em dangling from the wing

Realistically, one hell off a feat for the time .. 101 years back

[emfrat]

On the first flight, the aircraft carried 16 passengers and a dog.... 25. february 1914...

In later years, of course, they just sent the dog on its own
What a mighty machine!

[cezeta]

OMG!! Interesting bomber in ROF!

It's a miracle that this aircraft can fly
Pioneers designs are very interesting. Maybe, after WWIII we should learn this kind of technology

[Ian Warren]

OMG!!
Maybe, after WWIII we should learn this kind of technology

I could relate to that , we have been there done that ... back to WWII and make it a little more exciting

[SeanTK]

Quite the cockpit there. Look at all of those windows!

[Sonnyj]

Ya gotta love the AHI.

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simple tho!

[Ian Warren]

Don't worry Les .. you got see the engineers station on a Short Stirling 25 years later .. your would think ya in a bloody Submarine