Last year, the Polish Air Force withdrew from service or grounded all its Soviet-era VIP aircraft. The three-engined Yak-40, once a frequent sight in Polish colours over Okęcie Airport, is now a rare visitor. The one pictured
below, 0260, belongs to the Czech Air Force, and is the one of two remaining examples in use by the Czechs (the other being a Yak-40K cargo variant).
For an aircraft that's 33 years old, it looks (from this distance at least) remarkably well looked after. Noisy and polluting, the Yak-40 will soon disappear from European skies altogether.
The shot was taken as I was boarding the WizzAir flight to "Glasgow" Prestwick, Wednesday 28 March (I have retrospectively uploaded this post for the record).
For an aircraft that's 33 years old, it looks (from this distance at least) remarkably well looked after. Noisy and polluting, the Yak-40 will soon disappear from European skies altogether.
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