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THE SIGHT & THE SOUND 1/2 : Last flight of Air Via TU-154M LZ-MIL from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Varna

Daniel’s Travel Log I had different plans. The original plan was to fly onboard Belavia's AN-24 from Berlin to Minsk together with Henry Tenby from Vancouver on the last weekend of October, 2005 taping the flight on video and writing an article about Belavia. Security was tight in Belarus and permissions were needed and not an enthusiast’s friendly spot back in 2005. Working myself through a difficult process up to the Top of Belavia, obtaining the necessary permissions, it was finally “Mission achieved”, and Henry and I were ready to go. However Belavia revoked the granted permission to make pictures on board their AN-24 in the last minute for no reason. At the same time it came to my ears, that Air Via was replacing their Tupolevs with A320s at the end of October at an alarming speed and that the last flights on TU-154M were scheduled to be operated on the weekend ahead. Changing plans in Germany on short notice is not easy, especially not on a Friday. My passport was lying at the Belarus Embassy in Berlin with a no longer required visa and tickets on Air Via could not be purchased through the internet, only through travel agent channels at TUI in Hannover. All seats on board of Air Via were sold and marketed through travel agents, Air Via provided plane and crew but did not sell seats. Getting a last minute air ticket on a Friday in Germany on TUI through normal channels was simply impossible ! The weekend planning for charter flights was finished and TUI was not able nor willing to issue any tickets on their contingent through ordinary channels and time was running out. It was a Friday in Germany and people stop working around noon. It took a half a day of phone calls to the headquarter of Air Via in Sofia in order to connect to the top management of TUI in Hannover to help me getting on board of two empty flights ! Making a long story short, Air Via managed to get me on board through top management intervention for 50 Euros and I spent the next Saturday flying from Frankfurt to Berlin to pick up my passport from security personnel at the Belarus Embassy. Sunday morning, October 30, 2005 rewarded me with perfect flying weather in Dusseldorf and unbelievable VIP treatment by the Chief Pilot of Air Via, Atanas Vitkov. The plane was mine for the next two and a half hours ! The few passengers were reseated to the forward section and I had the rear section entirely for myself. A spectacular flat-angle take off and a spectacular and very turbulent landing over the city center of Varna commemorated the final flight of a Air Via TU-154M from Dusseldorf. I taped this and the return flight on the following morning with newest HD camera equipment available back in 2005. It may well be possible, that these footages are the only footages of Air Via's Tupolev to be taped in detail and published in HD quality. Unfortunately I did not realize that my new external microphone was bumping against the wall creating these terrible squeeking sounds during take off and landing. I needed weeks to edit this video cutting it into hundreds of small puzzle pieces in order to remove the worst squeeking parts during the taxi and take off scenes and reassemble the remaining puzzle parts without disrupting the story. This is the remastered and improved result ! Welcome on board Air Via’s final flight onboard TU-154M LZ-MIL out of Dusseldorf on October 30, 2005. History of Tupolev 154M LZ-MIL Please see History at the end of this video. Welcome to the Sights & Sounds of Classic Aviation. Thank you for watching my channel. Flight details Flight : VIM 710 Date : Sunday, October 30, 2005 Aircraft : Tupolev 154M Registration : LZ-MIL Later Registration : RA-85056 (Red Wings, Tyumen Avia Trans – UTair -) From : Dusseldorf (DUS) To : Varna (VAR) Take Off : 12.59 h (1159 Z) Touch down : 16.18 h (1418 Z) Flying time : 2 hours 19 minutes Distance : 1.031 nM / 1.910 km Altitude : 39.000 ft Speed : 476 knots Flight Captain : Vitkov, Atanas First Officer : Alexandrov, Sasho Flight Engineer : Nikov, Nikolaj Purserette : Vitkova, Rada Cabin Crew : Mihov, Chavdar Cabin Crew : Velkova, Arma Cabin Crew : Ivanova, Ralitsa Cabin Crew : Georgieva, Ivelina