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Air Koryo: Inside North Korea’s Most Secretive Airline…
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Air Koryo: Inside North Korea’s Most Secretive Airline…

North Korea is one of the most secretive countries on the planet, with only a handful of airlines flying to the Hermit Kingdom. One of these airlines is Air Koryo, North Korea's national airline. As with the rest of North Korea, their national carrier is extremely secretive. Photographing their staff and aircraft is extremely difficult, not only because their staff are notoriously camera-shy but also because they don't fly to many destinations! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Air Koryo Following WWII, former Allied and Axis fighter pilots returned to their home countries. Many of these former fighter pilots became airline pilots, with those wealthier pilots founding their own airlines when they returned home. Beginning in the late 1940'...
Tupolev Tu 204 vs 757
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Tupolev Tu 204 vs 757

Both the Tu 204 and the 757 were designed at a similar time, for a similar purpose. However, they have never directly competed on routes or for the same airlines to buy them! They are truly opposites and the same! Whilst the airlines who bought them operated them on the same style of route, an airline never owned both types of aircraft. The 757 was truly a western aircraft, whereas the Tu 204 was a truly Russian aircraft! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Tu 204 vs 757: The basics Before we can consider the merits of the two aircraft, ultimately using that to decide who the winner is, we must first know a bit about each aircraft. Tu 204 Towards the end of the 1970's, the USSR had seen many new American aircraft that had become air icons in...