March 2019
It took my third trip to Budapest to be prepared for the shuttle bus drive by of the aircraft displays of the Aeropark Aviation Museum. MALÉV Hungarian Airlines was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 until 2012. The Ilyushin Il-18 is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one of the best known and durable Soviet aircraft of its era. The Il-18 was one of the world’s principal airliners for several decades and was widely exported. Between 1958 and 1960 twenty-five world records were set by this aircraft, among them flight range and altitude records with various payloads. In April 1979 a monument was unveiled at Sheremetyevo airport to commemorate this remarkable aircraft. Fuji X-E2s w/18-135mm.