All the cabin and flight deck shots are definately real IL62. The CGI I think is also intended to be IL62……I liked it:)

You guys turn out some terrific pictures! Great to see them on here…..better than the Airlife photo books. That high flying 747 looks like a China Airlines example:)

Very nice shots. That Citation Excel is operated by European Business Jets on behalf of a private owner.

Great news for BA. But like many airlines it could get very tough over the coming months with the onset of spiralling oil prices and what could be falling demand for air travel in general, but BA looks in much better shape now to face the challenges, I liked the Utopia tails…but then I like the BEA Red Square so what do I know:)

I worked for Monarch ops in 1983 at Gatwick during the introduction of the 757 into service. I remember that we were sharing the services of a Boeing Engineering centre with Air Europe that summer as they were also introducing the 757 at that time. G-MONB was my nominated aircraft for Jeppesen updates to the onboard manuals and other admin duties, all of us Ops Staff at Concorde House had one aircraft to take care of in that capacity, I also had to do the same for a 1-11-500 that lived with us each weekend during the summer period on detatchment from Luton. They were a great company to work for and were very supportive of us at Duxford during and after the initial restoration of their Britannia G-AOVT there. Many Happy Returns to them:)

The original variant of the Ilyushin IL96 was designed to comply with an Aeroflot requirement for a direct replacement for the Ilyushin IL62M and IL86 and nothing more. Therefore any comparison with the Airbus A340 is meaningless apart from its physical appearance maybe. The the IL96 was intended to comply with the requirements of the Soviet bloc airlines and those of allied states rather than to directly compete with the A340 or any other type for that matter. Had the Soviet system lasted longer I have no doubt that we would be seeing many more of them around today. A lovely aircraft none the less:)

IIRC the Trabant was made of plastic coated compressed cardboard. Probably more durable than the composites they’re trying to use for the 787. Why didn’t they order enough superglue in the first place? Would have saved all these delays:)

Apparently the material was called Duraplast and was almost indestructible. BTW my first car was a Wartburg Knight bought new in 1976 for £749 on the road! Although made in the DDR it had an all metal body…ooops a little of topic here. Nice to see the Rens sense of humour is as sharp as ever:D