Tupolev Tu-134/154

Aeroflot Don TU154m RA-85626 (1:500) by Herpa Models Item Number: HE528696A total of 21 TU-154s saw service with Aeroflot's subsidiary which has its home base in Rostov-on-Don in Southern Russia.

Following the purchase of Arkhangelsk Airlines by Aeroflot in 2004, the airline was renamed Aeroflot Nord, and received a variation of Aeroflot's own color scheme, replacing the Russian flag on the stabilizer with snow flakes.

From 1970 through to the middle of the decade, Aeroflot wore this flashy color scheme with the blue rudder. This livery was only applied to the TU-134 fleet.

Today, one of the Soviet supersonic aircraft is exhibited at the German Technikmuseum Sinsheim. The TU-144D was powered by four Kolesov RD-36 engines, recognizable by the cone-shaped nozzles at the engine outlet.

Built in 1984, P-814 was the last ever built TU-134. She is one of two operated by North Korea's state-owned carrier.

On September 7, 2010, all electric systems failed onboard flight 514. The crew managed a forced landing at the closed Izhma Airport; all 81 on board remained uninjured. Despite the severe damages, the airplane was repaired on-sight and is in service still today.��_

With its location on the Black Sea, Bulgaria was always a popular holiday destination for its Communist brother states, but also for vacationers from Western Europe. Balkan was the very first export customer for at the time brand new TU-154, operating a respectable fleet of a total of 47 trijets.

Balkan Holidays TU154M (1:200) by Herpa 1/200 Scale MilitaryItem Number: HE554046

The national carrier of Belarus continues to operate two TU-154 in its classic livery, despite a steady modernization of the fleet with western aircraft.

The state-owned Czechoslovak CSA operated a total of 14 of these short-range jets on short-distance routes throughout Europe from 1971 until 1997. Our models sports a later color scheme, introduced in 1992.

Herpa Interflug TU134A by Herpa 1:500 Scale Diecast Airliners Item Number: HE527095Our model of DMSCV sports the color scheme with a silver belly and grey nose in which the TU-134s were originally delivered to East Germany"s Interflug.

Kmv Tu-154m (1:200) by Herpa 1:200 Scale Diecast AirlinersItem Number: HE553285Six sturdy TU-154 form the backbone of the airline with the striking livery, based in the Russian city of Mineralnye Vody (simply "Mineral Water").

Luftwaffe TU154M 1/200 Flubereitsc (**) by Herpa Model Aircraft Item Number: HE556460

In 1992, the Open Skies agreement between NATO and the former Warsaw Pact states was signed allowing the parties to overfly and take photos of the respective territory. For that, 11+02, taken over from the East German Air Force, was converted and equipped with sensors and cameras in the fuselage.

50 years ago, in 1968, the Hungarian airline acquired its first jet aircraft: the TU-134. The last of the Soviet-built twinjets were retired in 1997. With the introduction of the first TU-134 in the summer of 1969, Malév was propelled into the jet age. The type was retired only in 1998, making way for more modern western aircraft.

Malev TU-154B-2 HA-LC (1:500) By Herpa 1:500 Scale Diecast Airliners Item Number: 526685 From 1973 through to 2001, the Hungarian airline Mal��_v operated a total of 18 TU-154 aircraft.

Slovak Airlines was the fl ag carrier of the Slovak Republic from 1995 through to 2007 when it was forced to cease all operations. Two TU-154s were operated alongside a small fl eet of Boeing, Fokker and Saab aircraft.

Syrian Air Tupolev TU-143B-3 (1:500) by Herpa Models Item Number: HE524988Registration: YK-AYE

UT Air TU-154M (1:200) by Herpa Item Number: HE555838 UTair maintains a dense network inside Russia as well as a few international connections, including destinations in Israel and Germany. By the end of this year, the last of the distinctive TU-154s will have been retired. Also available: the Mil Mi-8, item no. 555227.

The Soviet-developed Trijet was for decades the backbone of UTair, founded back in 1967 as Aeroflot��_s regional directorate for the Tyumen region. It was reformed as UTair as an independent airline in 1992.

Uzbekistan Tu-154m ~UK85711 (1:400) by Phoenix 1:200 Scale Diecast AircraftItem Number: PH2UBZ068

Uzbekistan TU154M (1:200) by Herpa 1:200 Scale Diecast AirlinersItem Number: HE553797Despite the addition of numerous western aircraft, the Central Asian airline still operates two Tupolev TU-154Ms in its distinctive livery.

Vnukovo TU154M 1/200 by Herpa Model Aircraft Item Number: HE556484