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Interflug62M · 08-27-2005, 06:43 AM

Fantastic pictures! Many thanks for posting them. I have many Interflug models including a 1/72 IL62M. When I visited the DDR in 1987 there was
a large scale IL62 model on display in an Interflug showcase at the Alexanderplatz rail station, it looked similar in size to your pic and it was shown suspended above a half globe. During a visit to the Interflug HQ in Berlin they had a giant IL18 at the entrance to the premises along with another giant IL62 and Tu134A. It would be nice to think that the models you saw are survivors from that time or earlier. The case of miscellaneous types you show look like the projects under consideration by the VEB for aircraft construction before the "fraternal Soviets" decided that it was not in their interests to have the DDR turning out possible competitors to their airliners, and DDR military types were never to be allowed.

08-27-2005, 06:43 AM	#15
Interflug62M Flugzeug der UdSSR Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Comecon Posts: 88	Fantastic pictures! Many thanks for posting them. I have many Interflug models including a 1/72 IL62M. When I visited the DDR in 1987 there was a large scale IL62 model on display in an Interflug showcase at the Alexanderplatz rail station, it looked similar in size to your pic and it was shown suspended above a half globe. During a visit to the Interflug HQ in Berlin they had a giant IL18 at the entrance to the premises along with another giant IL62 and Tu134A. It would be nice to think that the models you saw are survivors from that time or earlier. The case of miscellaneous types you show look like the projects under consideration by the VEB for aircraft construction before the "fraternal Soviets" decided that it was not in their interests to have the DDR turning out possible competitors to their airliners, and DDR military types were never to be allowed. __________________ "Its all An Il Tu me!"