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Bookmark or Share- Aviation Photo #7724899 Tupolev Tu-154M - Guyana AirwaysPhoto taken at Miami - International (Wilcox Field / 36th Street / Pan American Field) (MIA / KMIA) in Florida, USA on February 1, 1987.
- B727 & Tu-154: What Made Them So Successful? - Airliners.netThe last Tu-154 was completed in 2001 I think, but yes, their are 10 airframes (and 3 orders) which, Roubles permitting, will be finished in the not too distant future. Aircraft production in the Russian Federation is a joke at present: only 10 Il-96s, 4 Il-114s and 18 Tu-204/214s have been produced in the last decade, with outstanding orders ...
- On which non-communist airline would the TU 154 look great?Back in the (very!) olden days, I remember seeing the Tu-154 in Egypt Air colours at Rome Fiumicino! It looked great. Apparently MS operated the type only briefly, and found the type costly and maintenance-intensive.
- CNAC-Zhejiang Tu-154 Operations - Airliners.netUnrelated, but hard to ignore/forget for me, when mentioning Tu-154 operations in China. An entire family from my local town was killed on the 6 June 1994 China Northwest accident. The father, a colleague of a dear friend of mine who at the time was working in China, had been joined by his wife and two kids for a 2-week visit.
- TU-154..what is it's legacy? - Airliners.netThe TU-154 had more Character than anything else I've flown. 1998 I'm in Krasnoyarsk, my first trip overseas and heading back to Moscow. i have been advised to fly on IL-86 as they have a better safety record but none available for the trip back. So I book a Kras Air TU-154 and waiting to board.
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