by Tom “20mm” Hayden Introduction It seems like only yesterday, but in fact it was in the Spring of 2005 when we first met up with Rick Ladomade, call sign “Rjetster”, and talked about a new combat flight simulation known as Fighter Ops. It was at the 2005 version of E3 and although we certainly […]
The Second Report in our Preview Series by Chris “BeachAV8R” Frishmuth Please note that this article, including screenshots and videos, is based on a beta version of the software. Features and content of the final product are, of course, subject to change. In our first article we kicked the tires and hopped in the Ka-50 and […]
Back To Page 1 Part IX: The Homestretch Route segments: CYOW-MUHA-MMMX-KJFK-KLAX Ottawa and Mexico City were both diplomatic destinations for the Tu-114. Havana was the other end of the “prestige projection” flights. And Khruschev’s famous 1959 UN address brought the airplane to New York. Over just a few of the Thousand Islands. The Tu-114 […]
by Guest Writer Jim “Woxof” Hart Jim concludes his around the world flight in the Tupolev Tu-114 Part VIII: A Quick Pass Through Western Europe, and Back Across the Pond Route segments: LIRF-LFPO-EGLL-CYOW Rome, Paris and London were western ends of the JAL codeshare routes. Ottawa saw Tu-114s occasionally as diplomatic transports. Pre-dawn departure from Rome. […]
Back To Page 3 Part VII: North to the Arctic, and South to the Mediterranean Route segments: UUWW-ULMM-EKCH-LHBP-LATI Murmansk was a regular tech stop for the Tu-114 on the Havana route. Copenhagen was one of the western anchors for JAL’s codeshare flights. Budapest and Tirana, as eastern Europe client state captals, were both stops […]
Back To Page 2 Part VI: Into the Heart of The Bear Route segments: UNNT-UWLW-UUDD-UUWW Ulyanovsk’s Baratayevka Airport is the site of the Museum of Civil Aviation and has on display arguably the best preserved ex-Aeroflot Tu-114 (the example at Monino — which is the one I’m flying on this tour — was finished […]
Back To Page 1 Part V: Almost Alaska, and Heading Back West Route segments: RJTT-UHSS-UHPP-UNNT Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (there’s another Petropavlovsk in Kazakhstan) were two more Aeroflot Tu-114 service cities. Novosibirsk, now the third-largest city in the Russian Federation, was founded in 1893 at the planned crossing point of the Trans-Siberian Railway over the […]
by Guest Writer Jim “Woxof” Hart Jim continues his around the world flight in the Tupolev Tu-114 Part IV: The Tu-114 in the Far East Route segments: VIDP-ZBAA-UHHH-UHWW-RJTT Vladivostok and Khabarovsk were Aeroflot destinations. In fact, Khabarovsk was the last city the Tu-114 was still flying to just before it was retired. Beijing (or, since we’re talking […]
Back To Page 3 Part III: A Visit to some Stans, and a Delhi Route segments: UKDR-UTTT-UAAA-VIDP Aeroflot operated regular Tu-114 domestic service to Tashkent and Alma Ata from Moscow. Delhi saw frequent visits from the airplane back in its salad days, reflecting the close relationship between the two capitals. Even today India remains […]
Back To Page 2 Part II: Back in the (Former) USSR Route segments: GUCY-DGAA-FCBB-DAAG-UKDR Accra, Brazzaville and Algiers were regular stops for the Tu-114 when it was in service. At Krivy Rig in Ukraine (there doesn’t seem to be a fixed translation from the Cyrillic, and that’s the one I like best) there’s an […]
Back To Page 1 Part I: The Tour Begins Route segments: KLAX-MYNN-GOOY-GUCY Los Angeles is my home base with Mountain Air Virtual Airlines. That’s why I’m beginning the tour there instead of, say, Moscow. Nassau was a weather alternate during the days when the Tu-114 was flying non-stop from Russia to Cuba. Dakar and […]
by Guest Writer Jim “Woxof” Hart Introduction OK, here’s a quick quiz, whiz kids… what airliner is as big as a B-52 (and almost as fast), tough as an anvil, nimble as a locomotive, and still elegant as all get-out? And is NOT powered by turbojet or turbofan engines? All right, who in the back […]
