NZFF

(32 years ago )

No, not the 747 over Sakhalin, this was a 707 well off course which came down in a hurry after Soviet fighter planes shot the end of one wing off near Karelia in deepest Russia five years prior to that one. I suppose everyone needs a hobby - some people take photos, some people do flight simming, some people breed orchids, some people shoot down KAL Boeings ...

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008/06...-korean-boeing/

The article says the plane was stripped right down to component parts and taken away for study, were there any 707-like russian airliners from the early 80's ?

Chairman wrote:

QUOTE (Chairman @ Nov 14 2010, 10:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

were there any 707-like russian airliners from the early 80's ?

Nothing in the lines or design of a 707 , there counterpart the IL-62 would have suited there needs , the IL-86 would be the closes in layout but much larger .

Pleased you dug the photos Gary , the Kola Peninsular crash was talked and compared to the 1983 shootdown off the 747 .