This 1964 An-12B first flew with the Soviet Air Force and was transferred as 61 Blue to the Ukrainian Air Force in 1992. From early 2004 it continued to fly in a basic 'blue' Aeroflot c/s with 'Ukrainian Cargo Airways' titles and an 'UCA' logo on the fin. The An-12 was possibly cancelled from the register on 31 December 2008 with only 7,793 flight hours. The aircraft was withdrawn from use at Mykolaiv International Airport, also known as Nikolaev Airport (Ukrain) and offered in an auction as scrap metal on 20 December 2019, but there were no bidders. Current fate unknown.

Noted as stored Sep 2009.

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Ex-Ukraine Air Force "61 blue", seen here with the airline name misspelled as Ukraine Cargo Airways.

Not the original UR-UCI of Ukrainian Cargo Airways, but painted as such. The original aircraft crashed in Asmara in July 1998. This one was originally CCCP-76511 and remained grounded after an heavy landing in 1980. In 2016 this aircraft was returned to its original colour scheme as CCCP-76511. To make it even more complicated, there also is a current RA-76511, which is a new engined -90 model. All data from the amazing Soviet Transports Data Files in the Reference section on this website.

Sitting on Stand 6 at Prestwick, these aircraft are banned from UK skies now as they do not meet noise regulations.

This was one of the last IL76's to visit Prestwick as the type are now banned due to noise restrictions.