THE SIGHT & THE SOUND 3/3 : Flight onboard Ruby Star AN-12 EW-275TI from Minsk (MSQ) to Minsk (MSQ)

Daniel’s Travel Vlog

This video has been remastered and improved and replaces the earlier version, posted in 2017.

In 2008, merlintour, in cooperation with AirEvents Limited organized their second aviation tour to Belarus.

After completing a day tour from Minsk-1 o Gomel and back onboard a specially charted Gomelavia AN-24, we headed from Minsk-1 Airport to Minsk-2 Airport in to join a series of fun rides onboard IL-76 and AN-12.

I chose the AN-12 as the IL-76 was too crowded with Avgeeks and I wanted to take the flight without hassle in detail.

Six fun rides onboard AN-12 alongside with an IL-76 fun ride proved to be a huge challenge to the organizational talent of Boris Vlassov, the co-owner and director of merlintour.

This documentary features flight number 2, a longer flight onboard Ruby Star's newest acquisition two weeks earlier, their first AN-12, EW-275TI.

History of Antonov 12BK EW-275TI

Airframe 00347210 was manufactured in 1970, performed her first flight in June, the same year and was delivered on June 30, 1970 to the Soviet Air Force, carrying the Military Registration 61 and later CCCP-13392.

CCCP-13392 was taken over by KAPO “Gorbunov” and registered RA-13392 in May, 1993.

RA-13392 was taken over by Aerostars Airways in 2000.

RA-13392 joined the fleet of Kosmos Avia RKK Energiya on May 31, 2007.

RA-13392 joined the fleet of Ruby Star – a private Belarusian Freight Operator –
and was registered EW-275TI on April 29, 2008, two weeks before this sightseeing flight, organized for enthusiasts by merlintour and AirEvents Limited on May 11, 2008.

Six years later, EW-275TI was chartered by merlintour and performed
a special sightseeing flight around Belarus for aviation enthusiasts
from Minsk-2 to Minsk-1 onto Mogilev returning to Minsk-2 on June 7, 2014.

Event charter flights around Belarus for enthusiasts organized by merlintour
followed in the years to come.

This Grand Old Lady is active in 2021, having accumulated a flying life of 51 years.

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Flight details

Flight : RSB 1051
Date : Sunday, May 11, 2008
Aircraft : Antonov AN-12BK
Registration : EW-275TI
Former Registrations
- 61 (Soviet Air Force)
- CCCP-13392 (Soviet Air Force)
- Ex RA-13392 (KAPO SP Gorbunova, Aerostars, Kosmos Avia)
Year built : 1970
From : Minsk (MSQ)
To : Minsk (MSQ)
Take off : 17.40 h (1440 Z)
Touch down : 18.54 h (1554 Z)
Duration flight time : 1 hour 14 minutes
Seat : Crew compartment
Flying distance : 520 km
Altitude : 10.000 feet
Speed : 500 km/h
Captain : Lakatko, Aliaksandr
First Officer : Dzenisenka, Piotr
First Officer : Sobal, Yauheni
Flight Engineer : Stsiapanau, Mikalai
Additional Crew : Ramaniuk, Uladzimir
Additional Crew : Kuzmianok, Aleh
Additional Crew : Hardziyenka, Yury

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