The dream to keep the IL-14 flying is still there, even though the saviour Alexander Poddubny died on 14. Oktober 2020. The plane is now being taken care of by his long time partner Alexey.
This classic airplane was build in Dresden, Germany in 1959. An Iljushin 14P, passenger version, with a long history of service throughout the former east block countries. The nickname used to be "Soviet Union" because this was written in large letters on the fuselage, but now mostly just "Ilya" is used. Please see the blog below in German (or select another language)
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