David Schmittlein joined the MIT Sloan School of Management as John C Head III Dean in October, 2007.

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Other large air freighters already flying include the Russian-built Ilyushin Il-76, the U.S.-made Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and, largest of them all, the Antonov An-225 -- also Russian.

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