A shot from my first trip into Siberia beyond the range of mountains after which the airline is named. This 154, taxiing out at its home base, was manufactured in 9.81 and transferred from Aeroflot to Ural in 7.94. Broken up at SVX 11.12

Ural Airlines had a mixed fleet of 35 Airbuses at the time, this one being ex KTHY

Has to be my favourite result from Ekaterinburg - one smart-looking An-12. Manufactured 1.71 and operated in 1990 with joint Aeroflot/Balkan titles; to Ural 1995 and initially flew as 4K-12999. Sold to Vega as LZ-VEB just a month after this photo then ATMA as UN-11019 by 9.07; seen at DXB in 2008 as UN-AN212 and most recently at MSQ as EW-435TI in 10.17 with Grodno Aviakompania

It was quite a race that morning to get everything shot before the black cloud rolled in, but well worth the effort. Resting at the airline's home base, this Antonov was completed in 8.69 and passed from the AFL Ural region to Ural Airlines in 7.94. Dumped engineless at Yekaterinburg by 2011

Thrusting out of Tivat. Behind the airport is Mt Lovcén, the Black Mountain that gave Montenegro its name.