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Though not timely information, it was too humorous to pass up.

Ilyushin Il-102

The Ilyushin Il-102 was a last-ditch attempt by the Ilyushin OKB to design a jet-powered successor to their famous wartime Il-2 'Shturmovik'
In 1953 they flew the twin jet Il-40 'Jet Shturmovik' and although it never entered service, it was assigned the ASCC Reporting Name 'Brawny'...





Il-40 Brawny


Nothing more was heard of the Il-40, until the first Mosaero Show, held in Moscow in 1992. Here Ilyushin revealed to an astonished
press the decidedly anachronistic Il-102 - that had cleary been evolved from the Il-40 as a private venture.


The sole prototype Il-102 at Mosaero 1992.


Another view of the prototype showing the rear gun turret and gunners position.

Nothing more has been heard of this project - and in 2001, I photographed it languishing on the Ilyushin ramp at Zhukovsky...