The Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO reporting name: Crate) is a Soviet twin-engine commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950, and entered service in 1954. The Il-14 was also manufactured in East Germany by VEB Flugzeugwerke as the VEB 14 and in Czechoslovakia as the Avia 14. The Ilyushin Il-14 was typically replaced by the Antonov An-24 and Yakovlev Yak-40.

Design and development

The Il-14 was developed as a replacement for the widespread Douglas DC-3 and its Soviet built version, the Lisunov Li-2. A development of the earlier Ilyushin Il-12 (that first flew in 1945), the Il-14 was intended for use in both military and civil applications. The Il-12 had major problems with poor engine-out behaviour. Also, it had less payload capability than was originally planned (although the Il-12 was intended to carry 32 passengers, in service it only carried 18, which was uneconomical). By 1979, the force was reduced to 10, equipping a single squadron.

  • : Albanian Air Force. In 1957, one Il-14M was delivered, and the interior became splendid, and it became a presidential aircraft. The aircraft operated in Lapraka or Laprakë, once known as Tirana Aerodrome, the former airport of Albania's capital by 1979, after which it was transferred to Rinas Airport (current international airport). In addition, one Il-14M, one Avia 14T and one VFB Il-14P were introduced. Used for transport duties with the 7594th Aviation Regiment. It was eventually retired in 2002 due to lack of parts. The Ilyushin Il-14 was operated by Albanian Aviation Regiment 4020.
  • : More than 50 have been operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force from 1955, mostly of the Il-14M (local produced Y-6 did not materialize). Some have been reported in use by the People's Liberation Army Navy as well. Final examples were withdrawn by the late 1990s.
  • : North Korean Air Force. About 15 have been operated from 1958 with fewer than 10 in service by 1979 There was also one Il-14 that was possibly airworthy in the United States, but its registration was cancelled in July 2014.

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  • Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
  • TABSO

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  • CAAC
  • Shanxi Airlines
  • Wuhan Airlines
  • Zhongyuan Airlines

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  • Aerocaribbean
  • Cubana – One example is displayed at the Museo del Aire (Cuba)

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  • ČSA Czechoslovak Airlines
  • Government of Czechoslovakia

[[File:Bundesarchiv DH 2 Bild-F-04180, Berlin-Schönefeld, Flughafenbau, Il14.jpg|right|thumb|1961 photograph of an Ilyushin Il-14 operated by East-German airline

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  • Deutsche Lufthansa
  • Interflug

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  • Air Guinée - Aero Av.14.

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  • Malev – 10 were operated in Hungary from 1956, two of them by the Hungarian government, eight of them by Malév Hungarian Airlines. The first three of Malév's planes were built in the Soviet Union, with the remaining five Il-14P produced by East Germany. Malév's planes remained operational until 1970, the two planes of the government were retired in 1978. All the Hungarian Il-14 were sold to the Soviet Union for use by the Arctic aviation, where the last one was withdrawn from service in December 1990.

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  • Iran Air

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  • Air Mali

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  • MIAT Mongolian Airlines – UVS-MNR Air Mongol

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  • Air Koryo – one Il-14 still exists possibly in airworthy condition in the colours of Air Koryo.

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  • Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT – operated 20 aircraft between 1955 and 1974. One aircraft was used for airfield navaid calibration through the 1980s.

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  • TAROM

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  • Aeroflot

;: Vietnam Civil Aviation Department – later as Vietnam Civil Aviation (now Vietnam Airlines)

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  • Yemen Airlines

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  • JAT – Yugoslav Airlines purchased six Il-14M aircraft in 1957. They were withdrawn in 1963 because they were not as profitable as the Convair CV-440, used by JAT in this period. They were given to the Yugoslav Air Force after the purchase of the Sud Aviation Caravelle and were used until 1974.

Specifications (Il-14M)

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Incidents and accidents

See also

References

Sources

  • Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. UK: Air-Britain.

Further reading

  • Gordon Y.-Komissarov D., Ilyushin Il-12 and Il.14, "Red Star" serie n. 25, Midland Publishing, Hinckley.
  • An Ilyushin IL-14P on its final flight
  • Ilyushin IL-14P landing at ZRH Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland
  • Renovation of a Hungarian Ilyushin IL-14T, HA-MAL
  • IL-14 at the Pacific Coast Air Museum