scan from the NK collection. - 16 years old in this picture, this Il-18 had just been converted for use as a cargo plane one year before, and the new colour scheme of LOT was applied. The aircraft was later used by Balkan as LZ-BEI and retired at Varna in the 90íes.

Operated by LOT for the Polish Air Force, a support flight for their aerobatic team with their ten TS-11 Iskras.

Delivered to the Polish Air Force/LOT as SP-LZB in 1966. To Air Sofia as LZ-SFS in 1995. To ATMA as UN-11014 then to United International Airlines as YU-UIB in 2007. To EX-155 in 2008 and stored at Fujairah by 2010.

During our visit to 13 PLT in 1991, this An-12 had been leased by the Polish Air Force.

This was a Polish Air Force aircraft on lease to LOT.

Undoubtedly one of the highlights of my enthusiast career was a flight on this fabulous beast out of Krakow, including a beat-up and overshoot of runway 25 which I videoed from the glass nose cone. Originally '51' with the Polish AF in 1966 (although SP-LZB also carried), partial LOT colours through the 70s, seen at LHR 12.77 full c/s and reg to Air Sofia as LZ-SFS 2.95. Leased to Sri Lankan and damaged in cross-fire at CMB 7.01. To Dynami 1.07, ATMA UN-11014 5.07 and United Int'l YU-UID 9.07; stored at Fujirah as EX-154 from 2010

It was good to see this Antonov in the UK (support for the Biało-Czerwone Iskry aerobatic team), bringing back memories of a noisy flight in her from KRK to PRG and return in 1991. One of three which were operated by the military in LOT colours for ten years from Mar 1986, this one was otherwise known as 1604 and was delivered to the Polish AF as such in Mar 1973 and reverted to those marks in Feb 1996. Reported wfu 2005 but seen parked at KRK 2008 in the two-tone green and grey camo; registered SP-EKF and noted at KTW 2010, still there 2017 as '1604'