Wears Bulair titles in English near its forward door.

LOT's Il-18 taxies towards Runway 24 to return to Poland when operating a regular summer holiday flight from Ringway.

Originally operated by the NVA Nationale Volksarmee (East German Air Force) with a VIP interior, this IL-18 was converted with a regular airline interior around 1964. First registered DM-STH, the airliner was withdrawn in 1990 and placed in the Flugausstellung L + P Junior in Hermeskeil, Germany.

LZ-BEI creates an impressive smoke trail while climbing out of runway 24. Ex LOT (SP-LSC), broken up in Bulgaria during the late 1990s.

LZ-BEI rotating on take-off from 24, nicely lit by a low, early-morning sun. This former LOT aircraft (ex SP-LSC) joined the Balkan fleet two years earlier, and was withdrawn from use in 1997. It was broken up in 1999-2000.

This Il-18 had just been moved here to become a hotel suite, and was still in full Interflug colours at this time.

Ah, those were the days! LOT Ilyushin 18, in need of some cleaning, on short finals runway 19R at Schiphol... It was withdrawn from use five years later and preserved in Warsaw in 1991. Sadly it was burnt by vandals near the Poniatowski Bridge on September 26, 1995.