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Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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Measured figures
SR20-G3 · Length
Single source26 ft 0 in (7.92 m)[source]
Il-78M · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Cirrus SR20 | Ilyushin Il-78 |
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| Type | Light aircraft[source] | Aerial refueling tanker[source] |
| Manufacturer | Cirrus Aircraft[source] | Ilyushin[source] |
| Number built | 2,084 (through 2025)[source] | 53[source] |
| Manufactured | 1999–present[source] | 1984–present[source] |
46.59 m (152 ft 10 in)[source]
Il-78M · Range
Single source7,300 km (4,500 mi, 3,900 nmi)[source]
SR20-G3 · 1 × Continental IO-360-ES six cylinder, horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine
Single source1 × Continental IO-360-ES six cylinder, horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine , 200 hp (150 kW)[source]
Il-78M · 4 × Aviadvigatel D-30 KP turbofan engines thrust each
Single source4 × Aviadvigatel D-30 KP turbofan engines, 118 kN (27,000 lbf) thrust each[source]
SR20-G3 · 828 ft/min (
Single source828 ft/min (4.21 m/s)[source]
Il-78M · Wing area
Single source300 m 2 (3,200 sq ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| First flight | 21 March 1995[source] | 26 June 1983[source] |
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| Developed into | Cirrus SR22[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 3 passengers (4 using 60/40 flex seating in post-2012 models)[source] | Max 100,000 kg payload (T-6 military jet fuel)[source] |
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| Propellers | 3-bladed[source] | — |
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| Stall speed | 56 kn (64 mph, 104 km/h) CAS[source] | — |
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| National origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union Russia[source] |
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| Status | — | In service and production[source] |
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| Primary users | — | Soviet Air Forces (historical) Russian Aerospace Forces Ukrainian Air Force (historical) Indian Air Force Pakistan Air Force[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 1984 (Il-78)[source] |
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| Developed from | — | Ilyushin Il-76[source] |
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| Special equipment | — | 3 x UPAZ-1M 'Sakhalin', ( U nifitsirovaniy P odvesnoy A gregat Z aprahvki;— standardised suspended refuelling unit), refuelling pods; Two on pylons under the outer wings, and the third on the port side of the rear fuselage.[source] |
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| Fuel transfer rate | — | 900 to 2,200 liters/min[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | — | 0.23[source] |
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