all the TU-134s were off-limit, as in my letter I only asked to take pictures of the IL-18 and Yak-40s (which was granted)..

This Yak-40 was originally delivered to ČSA in October 1974 as OK-EEA. It went to VZLÚ (the Czechoslovak Research and Experimental Aviation Institute) in July 1980 and later became OK-020 to be rebuilt as a flying engine test-bed. The plane was briefly also registered OK-EXB for a return ferry flight to Minsk for overhaul, reverting to OK-020 upon its return. It last flew in April 1992 and was initailly used for the ground testing of instruments but moved in April 2012 to Louny and is now preserved in the grounds of SEKO Aerospace.

Photo via Charles Caruana.

Photographer: Edvard Radnic. K25 slide scan. Delivered 1975 to Aeroflot Lithuania. Leased to City Air Services (Czechoslovakia) May 1991, returned to Lietuva as LY-AAB May 1992, leased to Lithuanian Airlines July 1992, returned May 1994. For sale by 1999, Tulpar RA-87507 2002, Gazpromavia 2004, Tsentr Avia 2007. AOC revoked 2009, stored Kazan and scrapped 2011.

to be retired the next year - now on display at the Letecké Muzeum, Kunovice

On display in fictitious "SEKO Airlines" colors with fake registration. Is in fact ex OK-020, OK-EEA.

Delivered to the Polish Air Force in in June 1980, operated by LOT as SP-LEE from March 1988 until early 1991. Returned to military serial by March 1991 retaining its basic LOT colour scheme. Withdrawn and stored at Minsk, Mazowiecki by January 2012, disassembled and moved by road to the Museum of Air Defence at Koszalin in late 2016. Re-assembled and on display there by May 2107 and still present at time of upload.

photographed by A. Härry

Built in March 1975 as CCCP-87337 and operated by Aeroflot Kazakhstan. Leased to Riga based Transeast Airlines initially retaining CCCP-87337 and later as '87337' and UN-87337. To Kazakhstan Airlines operating for Aktyubinskavia by December 1995 and transferred to Euro-Asia Air in July 1997. Registered as UP-Y4026 in October 2009. Large 'Aibike' titles and small Atyrau titles on the nose. Russianplanes.net lists Aibike as a short-lived airline from Azerbaijan, apparently operational circa 2007 to 2011. Dismantled by April 2019, the fuselage was still stored in a yard close to the airport in May 2023.