I just received these images of Putins new transport. Now you know, why he has been travelling so much lately. Its like, when I got my new Playstation. I also spent a lot of time with it, until I got tired of it. By the way, apparently the interior of his new Russian Air Force One was made in England.
Il-96 300 of the Russian President Putin
I found some more info on http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com:
Construction of this plane, the equivalent of America’s “Air Force One”, started in Voronezh several years ago.A Bristol firm “Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings” has won a £10m contract to refurbish the Russian presidential plane.
“All technical information on the closed project is a state secret,” Russian NTV Mir television told viewers. Well, now’s the time to show you the first leaked-out pictures of the top-secret interior.
The new Il-96 from the inside
Conference table
I wonder who irons Vladimirs shirts up there. His wife? Or his body guards?
You’ll find more photos on the following sites:
Some of the photos above are from
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/01/presidential-planes-part-1-putins-new.html
and there you’ll also find information and photos of Putins Mil-Mi 8 helicopter (I find this helicopter technically kind of outdated)
Putins Mil-Mi 8 MTV 1 presidential helicopter from the inside
The other photos are from Avi Abrams Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avi_abrams/tags/russianpresidentialplane/