Saturday 26 April 2008

Visitors flying in from the East

Two rare visitors to Okęcie airport - above, a Tupolev Tu-154M of Belarusian airlines Belavia. I thought that the EU had banned this type from flying into its airspace on account of the noise and filth produced by its engines. More usually, Belavia's Minsk-to-Warsaw service is operated by Boeing 737s. Just three weeks ago, this very aircraft (EW-857 06) lost a tyre while taking off from Frankfurt-am-Main. I must say, I do like the Tu-154M, especially when configured for landing. Below, we see a Embraer EJ-145 of Ukrainian airline Dniproavia, flying in to Okęcie from Dniepropetrovsk.

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