tinek6 HD aviation: Air Koryo Tupolev 134

The next day we had a trip to Sondok planned. Two planes, the T134 and the An24. Half of the group took the first one flying from Pyongayng and on the return segment we swapped. This way everyone could experience both planes with more then enough space. I've been assigned on the 134 on the first flight. The type was once very popular in Poland with LOT. The 134 used to fly on most European routes together with the 154 later on. And so was the Ilyushin 62 later for the intercontinental routes. I was able to experience all of them during my short stay in the DPRK.

Back to the flight on the 134 to Sondok. It wasn't a long flight. 45 minutes or so. We moved from our stand without even taking parking blocks away. Backtracked the runway and we're ready to go. The pure power can be felt from the very beginning. The sound together with the frames vibration make a combination that is hard to compare to anything else. But we're off in the air now and there is no coming back. It is beautiful that sitting in the back you can look into the engine and when the gear is down you can see the wheels. The interior is a very classical, russian one with seats folding down to the front (in the same style like on every other plane built in those years). The windows have no blinds and some seats, although imposingly the most comfortable and most important (emergency exit rows) are in fact the most injury making and least comfy that you can find on the entire plane.
Shortly after the landing (during which we have been not allowed to make any video or photo footage due to military reasons) we have had a photo session with the plane (and later the An24). You could grab a shot from basically any angle you wanted to. Same thing happened when we returned from lunch in the city before our next flight (this time on the Antonov). We have been also allowed to photograph the 134s' departure as it flew as the first one. The sound, the smoke, the distance.. Mmmm, something unbelievable! Have a look for yourself on the video and photo footage from that day. A video review is available at the end.