The 1989 Paris Air Show was nice, but the Russian transports which could be seen before and after the show were much nicer! Sadly, this Antonov 22 crashed on take-off from Tver on 11 November 1992.

G-AVMI first flight 13-May-1968, delivered Apr-1969 (British European Airways > British Airways > Sabena > European Aircharter > Air Bristol > AB Airlines), cancelled Mar-2002, broken up at Bournemouth - Hurn Feb-2002. Taxiing here for take-off on a very wet evening after visiting the Paris Air Show

F-WTSB first flight 06-Dec-1973, registration cancelled Apr-1985, flown 19-Apr-1985 to Toulouse - Blagnac for preservation at Musée Aeroscopia

N82930 first flight Jul-1994 (Transair), to F-GOPE registered Dec-1994 (Hex'Air > Twin Jet). On the fin it carries the Hex'Air logo.

4X-CUD was sold in the US as N717WW

This aircraft became G-BEPR in June 1977 and was sold in Kenya in November 1979

In the older days the Paris Air Show often brought very interesting Soviet transports, such as Il-76s and Antonov 22s like this one. They were not present during the show itself, but during the days before and after. CCCP-09333, seen here taxiing in after landing, with its four engines and eight contra-rotating props making an unbelievable sound, first flew in May 1972. It was withdrawn from use in the mid 1990s, and broken up for scrap at Ivanovo during 1997.

SP-DDB registered Nov-1988, to TC-FEA registered May-1989 (Türk Hava Yurumu), back to SP-DDB registered May-1990, for Sprint Airlines Jun-1991 but not delivered, converted to An-28PT with new cn AJEP1-01 as SP-PDF first flight 22-Jul-1993, converted to M-27 May-1994, converted to M-28 Jun-1995, to SP-DDF registered Apr-1996, cancelled Aug-2001 and presumed scrapped

French Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers F-ZBDC, cancelled Aug-2004, to Musée de l'Aviation in Saint-Victoret. Here it is immediately rushing-off to the scene of the crash of Tu-144 CCCP-77102 with some officials on board

The 1989 Paris Air Salon was the first time this unique aircraft was shown to the western world, only six months after its first flight. After a successful week at the Air Salon, the world's only Mriya is seen here on its way back home to the Soviet Union, faithfully carrying the Buran, the USSR's answer to the Space Shuttle. Hidden away in the big belly of this magnificent beast is the wreck of a MiG-29 that crashed earlier during the show.