Ilyushin Il-18

So the thing that I wanted to see more than anything was the Il-62, the beast from the east, one of the coolest planes ever made, absolute monster, and it really was.

They also had an Il-76, Tuplev 22154, Tuplev 2134 as well, They also had I didn't photograph They haven't got a photo on the screen here They had Il-18, An-24 And also Mil Mi-17 Did they have Actually that's an Air Force one I should say But that was also in the list Sorry to

interrupt Did they have an Antonov They got 148s? They do,

but they weren't at the show.

People fly Air Koryo specifically to log the aircraft types before they disappear.

The Il-18, the Tu-134, the An-24.

These are Cold War airframes that most countries scrapped decades ago.

North Korea kept them flying because sanctions made it nearly impossible to buy Western replacements.

Most Western airlines retire aircraft at 20 to 25 years.

Air Corio's average is just under 30.

The Il-18 that's still in passenger service is from the 1960s.

A 60-year-old airliner.