I flew on some of these aircraft in both Russia and Czech shortly after the iron curtain fell.
It was like riding a bus in South or Central America, literally. Chickens and goats, the nastiest food with black bread in a greasy paper sack, people boarding when and where they wanted, people up and around throughout the flight, ugh. Not for the faint of heart, for sure. Dan --- On Fri, 12/3/10, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old Airliners > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 2:36 PM > I had a friend who did a lot of > flying within Russia. He said each flight > was different, and a bit of an adventure. > > Ed > 300E > > On 3 December 2010 12:43, Greg Fiorentino <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> > wrote: > > > The Antonov 225 is a very cool aircraft. I have > been aboard one, although > > not to fly. > > > > I have not heard good things about the Ilyushin > passenger aircraft. I have > > been aboard a few of these also, again only on the > ground. These have had > > luxuriously appointed interiors used for transporting > diplomatic personnel. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > > On Behalf Of E M > > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 7:20 AM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old Airliners > > > > Some great old birds! I loved the 707. I > was pretty fond of the L1011 > > too. I've never been on any Soviet era planes, > but I think it would be > > pretty cool to try a few. I always thought the > Soviets built cool looking > > planes. > > > > Ed > > 300E > > > > On 3 December 2010 09:02, Rich Thomas > > <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/12/classic-airliners-gallery/?pid=380&view > > all=true<http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/12/classic-airliners-gallery/?pid=380&view%0Aall=true> > > > > > > --R > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
