This Tante Ju was one of 12 that was tasked with transporting a unit of mountain artillery to reinforce General Dietl's force at Narvik in the early days of the German offensive in Norway. The weather around Narvik was bad with fog and low clouds, so the aircraft landed on the frozen Lake Hartvikvatn. A sudden thaw made conditions extremely difficult and only one aircraft managed to take off. The remainder sank in the lake when the ice thawed. 6657 was salvaged in 1983 and transported to the RNoAF Museum's collection at Gardermoen where it was painstakingly restored and put on display. Here seen in open air storage prior to restoration.

Remnants of a Norwegian RF-84 at the local scrap yard

first flight 1990 and delivered new to Air Via as LZ-MIL in March 1990. March 1992 shotrt lease to Blue Line Aviation as I met it on GEN on a Air Via flight from Varna. October 1992 LZ-MIL Macedonian Airlines (lsd from Air Via). June 1996 LZ-MIL Czhech Airlines (lsd from Air Via). October 1997 LZ-MIL Air Via (returned). March 2007 RA-85056 Red Wings. May 15th 2007 RA-85056 UTAir Aviation. November 2013 WFU at Surgut, Russia. Later broken up there. Seen taxing southward for rwy 01 departure back to Varna.

First flight 1974 as a Tu-134A and delivered new to Balkan April 1974. April 1991 LZ-TUL Hemus Air tfd. July 1995 LZ-TUL updated to Tu-134A-3, and operated at least to 2004 before WFU. Broken up at Sofia Airport 2008. My first photo of Hemus Air at Gardermoen in March 1992, seen lifting at rwy 01 departure back to Sofia.

First flight 1974 as a Tu-134A and delivered new to Balkan April 1974. April 1991 LZ-TUL Hemus Air tfd. July 1995 LZ-TUL updated to Tu-134A-3, and operated at least to 2004 before WFU. Broken up at Sofia Airport 2008. My first photo of Hemus Air at Gardermoen in March 1992, seen taxing sourthward for a rwy 01 departure back to Sofia.