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North Korea   –   May 2013   –
 
Sights and sounds of the past
 
Aviation tour organised by Juche Travel
 
–  A photo and video documentary and
homage to the people of North Korea  –
 
„A picture is worth a thousand words.
A visit is worth a thousand pictures.“
 
Go, see, listen !   Trust your instincts, not prejudice.


 
Pyongyang (Sunan) Airport Tour
May 22, 2013


 
 
TU-134B-3 P-814 Hamhung (Sondok) – Pyongyang Pyongyang


 
IL-14 535
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IL-76TD P-914

 
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IL-76TD P-914

 
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AN-24RV P-532

 
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IL-18D P-835

 
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IL-18D P-835

 

 
IL-14PS  535  President Aircraft
 
The existence of this aircraft was unknown to the outside world and proved to be a sensation when first discovered and reported in 2012, when Juche Travel started organizing aviation tours to North Korea.

 
The type specification -PS- indicates "Personentransport / Salon" and describes the function of this unique and rare aircraft as a Passenger / VIP configurated IL-14.
 
This aircraft carries the construction number 147001342 and is the 42nd aircraft manufactured at the plant in Moscow-Khodinka, although the type specification -P- indicates a production at the FWD - Flugzeugwerke Dresden, the Dresden plant. However not all IL-14P have been manufactured in Dresden.
 
This aircraft in particular provides a few unique and very unusual features.
 
The landing gear door has been manufactured in Dresden.
 
The horizontal stabilizer of the -535- has been either taken from an IL-12 or from one of the earlier IL-14 versions. In contrast to the -535-, the stabilizers manufactured at the Dresden plant were all shaped in a rectangular manner.

 
Josef Stalin himself presented this aircraft as a personal gift to the „Great Leader“ Kim Il Sung in 1958.
 
Kim Il Sung flew on this aircraft in January 1959 to the 21st Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

 
This aircraft is carefully preserved and is believed to still be in an airworthy condition, although its last flight has been recorded at the end of the 1980s.

 
Meanwhile this aircraft has been packed up and removed from the site at Sunan airport and transported to the International Friendship Exhibition at Mount Myohyang, its final resting place.

 
Credit : Mirko Schinnerling, Dresden

 
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