THE SIGHT & THE SOUND 10/10 : Hemus Air TU-134A LZ-TUH inflight documentary from Larnaca to Sofia

Right after the sightseeing flight onboard Belavia's Antonov 24 over Berlin in May, 2003, it was once again off to Bulgaria to sample and film ten exciting flights onboard Hemus Air Tupolev 134s and YAK-40.

After a long night on TU-134B LZ-TUT from Sofia via Beirut, Lebanon onto Dubai and back, the bill of fare of the following morning was another rotation on LZ-TUH, once again from Sofia to Larnaca, Cyprus and back, same as three days before. Same route, same crew, same seat, same plane. Everything was pretty much the same, except... I was extremely tired !!! I was 39 years old then, no sleep. Who cares ?!
This leg features the return flight from Larnaca to Sofia, beautiful hot weather, clear skies, more moist than three days before, and (!) a flat tyre, which needed to be exchanged in Larnaca, causing a minor delay.

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Flight details

Flight : DU 856
Date : Friday, May 23, 2003
Aircraft : TU-134A-3
Registration : LZ-TUH
Former registrations
OK-HFM (CSA Czechoslovak Airlines, Czech Airlines)
Later registrations :
LZ-TUH (Hemus Air, Albanian Airlines)
60142 (Kosmos RKK Energiya)
RA-65828 (UTAir - Tyumen Avia Trans, Komi Inter Avia)
Built : 1977
From : Larnaca (LCA)
To : Sofia (SOF)
Take off : 14.48 h (1148 UTC)
Touch down : 16.38 h (1338 UTC)
Flying time : 1 hour 50 minutes
Flying distance : 1.419 km
Altitude : 8.000 m
Speed : 800 km/h
Captain : Vasiliev
Cabin Crew : Jivkova, Lili

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