A highlight at Hermeskeil.

A pretty Il-14 preserved at Hermeskeil, which lies east of Luxembourg.

Russian airliners always did look good head on. This 1971-build Tu-134 was allocated D-AOBB when Germany unified, but this wasn't taken up and the aircraft made it last flight on 30 Sep 1990 to Augsburg, moving on to Hermeskeil in 1994

This C-47 is in genuine Jordanian colours, having joinied the RJAF in 1964 after serving the USAF as 42-100997. Registered N62443 to JV Masin (the dealer that also handled the disposal of a number of ex-African military Caribous) in 1975 and to the Flugausstellung L+P Junior collection in 1981

One of my favourite exhibits at this fine museum, nicely preserved in original colours (which is more than can be said for the other Pembroke in the collection, falsely painted in RAF colours although in fact another Luftwaffe C.Mk.54). One of 34 supplied to Germany for the Air Force and Navy, previously serialled XA+104 and served the FVSt at Lechfeld and later Neubiberg in the telecoms/check role

The steps up to the Il-18 provide an ideal vantage point to photograph this star of the Flugausstellung L.+P Junior collection, but to get the registration in, I found myself sitting on the Ilyushin's roof. A grand view indeed!

It looks good but is actually a Belgian Mirage.

This F-102 served in the Greek air force.

This F-105 was last used for battle damage repair training at the former USAF base at Soesterberg, Netherlands.

This recce Viggen was added to the Hermeskeil collection in September 2006.

Elbeflug obtained some 13 surplus Noratlas transports in 1970 after the WGAF fleet was withdrawn, with the intention of carrying goods and fresh produce into remote airstrips. But after massive corporate fraud was uncovered, they never went into service. This survivor was formerly 52+56. Difficult to photograph on the sunny side due to proximity of thick boundary vegetation

Stunning Sukhoi.

The Mi-14 is the amphibious naval version of the Mi-8. This Volksmarine example is preserved at Hermeskeil.