CV was for Romania. Also painted on the rear fuselage is number 51 - likely the CoR number. According to French publicist Michel Barrière, this aircraft used to be F-AJHZ of Air Service which took Prince Carol back to Romania in June 1930 to ascend the throne in a coup d'etat, unknown to its French pilot. Certainly CV-RAC was put on display in 1932 as 'the aircraft that brought King Carol back'. However, other sources give c/n 7122/12, ex F-AIZR. Photo from: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

flying display for the Poznan-Lawica air show

Between the years 1973 to 1980, in total, nineteen Yak-40 were purchased by Poland. This example was delivered to the Polish AF in April 1979 and is pictured taxying out for departure. After being withdrawn from service the plane is now on display at the Muzeum Sil Powietrznych (Polish AF museum) at Dęblin.

This 134 was originally delivered to the Ukraine directorate of Aeroflot as CCCP-65765 in June 1979. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union it was noted at Kiev (KBP) with and all wihite tail. In January 1993 it was registered UR-65765 and started flying for Avialini Ukrayiny (titles in Ukranian script are on the port side of this plane). The plane was leased to South Airlines as UR-SAL from November 2004 and eventually retired in February 2010 and stored at Odessa (ODS). It still wears in storage a fake Aeroflot colour scheme and 'CCCP-65632' registration that were applied for a film.

This 134 was originally delivered to the Soviet Government in July 1984 as CCCP-6553 and was the aircraft that brought Mikhail Gorbachov back from the Crimea to Moscow after the August 1991 coup. The plane then flew for Korsar from June 1992 and was re-registered as RA-65553 in this time. It then operated from the Russian Government (with Aeroflot scheme) until 22nd July 1994 when it transferred to Rossiya and is pictured taxying in at Warsaw (WAW). From May 2011 it was transferred to the Russia State Transport Company and from April 2016 to Rosgvardiya. It is possibly still active today.

The air display aircraft for the Poznan Air Show operated out of Powidz.

This 134 was originally built as an 'A' and delivered to the Soviet Government (with an Aeroflot colour scheme) as CCCP-65717 in March 1981, only to be transferred to the International directorate of Aeroflot in April 1984. It was sometime after this converted to 'A-3' standard and is pictured taxying to stand after arriving from Moscow (SVO). This plane has the claim to fame in that it operated the last ever Aeroflot Tu-134 service from Ufa to Moscow on 31st Decemeber 2007. Its last flight was in April 2009 to Riga (RIX) where it is on display at the Latvijas Aviacijas Tehnikas Muzejs.

This 154 was delivered to LOT in January 1990 and is pictured taxying out for departure at Okęcie on what would transpire to be its second last day of operations for the airline. The following day would mark its last LOT flight and it would then fly for Aeroflot as RA-85810. However, this second life was short lived as the frame was scrapped at Sheremetyevo (SVO) in June 2010.

This 727 was originally delivered to Eastern in December 1976 and then joining Delta in November 1991. In May 2004 it was placed with Nationwide Airlines as ZS-PIL as a spares source as by November it was stored at Lanseria (HLA) in basice Delta markings but minus engines. It was progressively caninbilised and eventually scrapped.

This 734 was originally delivered to Sabena in May 1989 and is pictured taxying to stand after arriving from Brussells (BRU). The plane went to Mondair as CH-RDA in July 2002 and then joined Air Horizons as F-GRNV from April 2004 until November 2005. The frame was then placed with KrasAir as EI-DNT from june 2006 but was retired from the fleet in September 2008, stored at Domodedovo (DME) and subsequently scrapped..

This 735 was delivered to Balkan in December 1991 and is pictured taxying to stand after arriving from Sofia (SOF). it went next in March 2001 to Nordeste Linhas Aereas as PT-MNI and then in August 2007 to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-BIM. The plane was withdrawn from service and ferried in November 2012 to Tucson (TUS) where it was subsequently scrapped.

This 734 was originally delivered to KLM in September 1989 and is pictured taxying to its gate after arriving from Amsterdam (AMS). The plane flew its whole commercial life with the airline before it was withdrawn, ferried to Bruntingthorpe in October 2011 and scrapped as N530WL.

This 735 was originally delivered to LOT in March 1993 and is pictured taxying to its assigned gate. It was painted later into the Star Alliance scheme, withdrawn from use at Warsaw (WAW) in February 2013 and later ferried to Sanford (SFB) and stored a N188PP. The plane was placed with Magnicharters as XA-UTS from April 2014 until November 2019 and is currently stored.

This 734 was delivered to British Airways in November 1991 and is pictured pushing back for the return flight to Heathrow. The plane served the airline faithfully but was eventually retired from the fleet in January 2014, ferried to Victorville (VCV) and scrapped four years later.