Aircraft taxiing for runway 05 departure. Date in 1986 not logged at the time.

K25 slide scan. Delivered 1981 as Tu-134A to Soviet Government in Aeroflot colours. Transferred to Aeroflot International Directorate 1984, converted to A-3 by 1989. Reregistered RA-65717 1992, operated last Aeroflot Tu-134 flight 31 December 2007, stored thereafter. Flown to Riga 28 April 2009 for Latvijas Aviacijas Tehnikas Muzejs and put on display.

This 134 was originally built as an 'A' and delivered to the Soviet Government (with an Aeroflot colour scheme) as CCCP-65717 in March 1981, only to be transferred to the International directorate of Aeroflot in April 1984. It was sometime after this converted to 'A-3' standard and is pictured taxying to stand after arriving from Moscow (SVO). This plane has the claim to fame in that it operated the last ever Aeroflot Tu-134 service from Ufa to Moscow on 31st Decemeber 2007. Its last flight was in April 2009 to Riga (RIX) where it is on display at the Latvijas Aviacijas Tehnikas Muzejs.

Later RA-65717. Preserved in Latvijas Aviacijas Tehnikas Muzejs in Riga

Ex-CCCP-65717. Preserved in Latvijas Aviacijas Tehnikas Muzejs in Riga.