I want to have a trip to Scotland in the summer, but I guess not cuz my dad is a boring man and I can’t find a suitable flight. The best I found was fly to Prestwick from Charleroi with Ryanair for 40 eur and return from Inverness with bmi via LHR for 160 eur. That’s for two persons including taxes.

I don’t think it is already, but there are plans to make the Sukhoi 80 able to land, continue it’s speed and meanwhile take on water. I don’t think there’s already a version for firefighting yet?

Don’t expect too much fences in Africa! 🙂 But be sure that there are no viewing facilities. If you want to go to the runway beginning or ending, the best option is probably hiring a car and ask local predestrians or search it yourself.

That’s stupid, the high wing offers a great view and then there are no windows for the passengerss :rolleyes:.

Tu154’s needed quite long runways.
There were also many variants. I know five.
Basic Tu154, fuel guzzler!! max capacity of 167 pax
Tu154B, efficiency improvement and thus increasing range
Tu154C, a freighter with fuel consumption to compare to the
Tu154M, higher cruise speed, small stretch or interior redisigned (max 172 pax), better efficiency.
Tu154M-100, the final variant that has transatlantic range, carrying max 180 pax. I don’t think it was certified to fly from Western Europe to Eastcoast of USA, but I don’t think that would be necessairy anyway. Slightly efficiency improvement.

Originally posted by spacemaid
can anyone tell me what the further man is doing?

I think he’s just preparing for fueling?

Me neither.
Am I right if there are two IL96 variants:
The IL96-300, first flight in 1993. A shortened IL86 with PS engines.
Who flies these? How much are built? Is it still in production?
The IL96M, a lengthened IL96-300, first flight in 1999??. It has PW engines and modern Western Avionics.
Who flies these? How much are built? Is it still in production?

About other Russian types.
I think it’s in the Russion mentality to delay any costs as long as possible. They therefore buy and build cheap aircraft, but these are not cheap to operate (fuel). Well, it depens on the airline, but is it just the safety of the aircraft that could be doubted, or do accidents happen because of a lack of good maintenance?
Or it has to do with the requirement by airlines in Russia, which maybe don’t have money for Western types. Or do they just biy the aircraft to keep loyal against their country?
In the meanwhile, some newer Russian types have become competitive against the Western types. For example, the IL96M and TU334 which will be very competitive against the 717. However, do you thinks orders would come from outside Russia and neighbour countries for the TU334?
Antonov is also designing and building interesting types now. For example, the AN 72/74 was a first in the market. A STOL jet, however it doesn’t proove to be very efficient. There’s also the AN38, a simple, slow twin prop with short range for local operations.
The TU134 was also the only aircraft with these capacity. The first variants of the TU134 were big fuel-guzzlers, but the last built variant, the TU134B6, was competitive and interesting for other airlines; but I suppose that airlines feel it’s wrong. The Russian avionics then weren’t very attractive as well!
For attracting over-border airlines, Russian aircraft builders now offer versions with cheap Russian engines and Russian avionics, and also offer a variant with PW, RR or GE engines and Western avionics. A good example to this is the TU204, which as many variants!

Does someone know about the progress of the TU334 project?