former Soviet AF 28 (red), is now preserved in the Dessau musuem

Isn't that miraculous? The hammer, compass and wreath of rye emblem of East German communism has weathered into the golden arches of global capitalism.

A neglected two-seat Su-22. Its GDR serial was 127.

This Czech cropduster was delivered to Interflug's agricultural division in 1968, and retired to the Hugo Junkers Museum in 1992.

Both Germanies claimed the Lufthansa name and crane until 1963, when the GDR airline was renamed Interflug. This Il-14 was built by VEB Flugzeugwerke Dresden in 1957. She was written off after a hard landing in Leipzig - Mockau (not in Moscow) on 17 November 1967.

It was delightful to have the opportunity to shoot this superbly preserved VEB-built Il-14 in such nice conditions, well worth the 130km drive from Berlin. Once displayed in Interflug colours at the Halle ice stadium after being written off in a hard landing, it became derelict and was on the verge of being scrapped before being rescued by the Technik-Museum Hugo Junkers and restored in the colours of East Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa, the forerunner of Interflug

Formerly DDR-VPJ. Preserved at the Technikmuseum Hugo Junkers, which is rather short of Junkers aircraft.

Rare reconnaissance aircraft, powered by twin RD-9AF turbojets. 180 Yak-27Rs served in the Soviet air force between 1960 and 1971.