Seen from the flight deck of BU542 operating from Tromsø.

Basic Balkan c/s

Taken when the airport was Berlin-Schönefeld in East Germany. Delivered to the East German Government as DM-SCW in Interflug colours in 1975. Reregistered as DDR-SCW in 1981. Transferred to Interflug in 1982. Reregistered as D-AOBK in 1990. To Aeroflot as CCCP-65619 in 1991 and reregistered as RA-65619 by 1995. To Atyrau Airways as UN-65619 in 2002. To Kazakhstan Emercom as UP-T3405 by 2008. Withdrawn from use at Atyrau by 2019.

Taken when the airport name was Berlin-Schönefeld in East Germany. Delivered to the East German Air Force in Interflug colours as DM-SCL in 1971. Changed to military serial 182 by 1976. Transferred to Interflug as DM-SCL in 1977 and reregistered as DDR-SCL in 1981. Last flight to Lahr in 1990 and preserved with Hydro Systems at Biberach.

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Ex-Polish Air Force "102"

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The former DDR-SDP joined Vietnam Airlines in 1970 as VN-A132 and was wfu in 1997, later being used for ground instruction. It has recently gained the TP-24 marking. To the right can be seen a C-47 of unknown identity which has also been in long-term storage there

Parked on the military side of Brussel Int'l AP, Melsbroek, in early 1990. The fine looking Tuup was a very striking visitor. It was assigned to the 223rd Flight Unit. It started its life with the with the Soviet Air Force as Tu-134AK CCCP-65680, with manufacterer date 2 Dec 1976. The Tu-134 is equipped with a "Karpaty-S" HF communications suite (characterised by the fat dorsal fairing running all the way to the fin), hence the "AK" designation. It became 680 black on 22 Feb 1989. To Russian Air Force on 9 Apr 1992. Modified to Tu-134A-3 and was stripped of the Karpaty-S fairing. Reserialled to RA-65680, last reported in Nov 2019.

date range is an estimate. Location probably in Scandinavia. Any help is appreciated.