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Old 08-14-2005, 09:57 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by ANTHONY F DUVA JR
I just love that cut-away of the Il-18!

I have a toy of the 1959 Orient Air Lines, below, that I bought new in CDG in '83. The real plane was called Baade 152, but the toy has Orient Air Lines titles and no mention of Baade probably either because the prototype crashed or else it never went into service and nobody remembered it.
The real plane never went into service. Most of them were scrapped, today only few parts are still existing.

This little tin plate toy of the Baade 152 was made in the GDR and partially also exported. The Airline is fictional, I guess.
When you ever have a chance to visit east Germany, go to one of the popular flew markets, then you may find one of the older VEB and Russian tin plane toys, such as IL-14, AN-24 and so on for reasonable price.
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