I wake up. A morning like many others. At a first glance there is
nothing spectacular about it. But wait! I look out of the window and the
same view comes to my eyes, the sight of Pyongyang city. The day has
come. The day that most of us anticipated most. The day of flights. The
day that I am going to hop on 5 flights, on 4 different planes, all of
them being my first time. The Ilyushin 76, Ilyushin 62, Tupolev 154 and
the Mi-17 helicopter. The 18th day of September 2014. A date I surely
will remember, not only for the reasons stated above ;)
After we have deboarded the Ilyushin 76 we took the bus for a short ride to the plane that was standing next to us. The Ilyushin 62. I have been looking towards this flight for the last days. Once it was possible to get it on the flight to/from Beijing, but since China banned them from flying to their country now only the T204 and An148 do the flights. Also that type was once the backbone of LOT Polish Airlines Intercontinental fleet. It carried the crane to almost every continent! Later replaced by the Boeing 767. Boarding proceeded smoothly and I managed to get a decent seat. Row 28, seat F. The last row, just beside the engines. Oh my god, how great do they sound in real life! even better than on film. Listening to them spool up before takeoff was incredible. During the short flight, everybody could freely move around. While doing so, one thing being easily noticed is the difference in sound level throughout the plane. Up front it is quite, nearly like on a Dreamliner or a A380, at the back, some would say it would be impossible to go through a full transatlantic flight. After the flight, I couldn't go by the opportunity of taking a couple detailed shots of the interior and a cockpit shot. Later, before boarding our next airplane a short walk around the plane and I had to say goodbye to this beauty. Luckily the weather was on our side.
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