Right after the sightseeing flight onboard Belavia's Antonov 24 over Berlin in May, 2003, I once again departed to Bulgaria to experience and film ten exciting flights onboard Hemus Air Tupolev 134s and YAK-40.

The third and fourth flying day would become real hardcore : A true Tupolev flying marathon. Six flights onboard Tupolev TU-134 in less than 24 hours !
Mostly night flights, the following rotation took me from Sofia to Dubai via Beirut and back, just to connect onward to another flight rotation to Larnaca, Cyprus, the next morning, without a minute's sleep.

This inflight documentary features the last leg onboard TU-134 LZ-TUT - which happens to be a B-3 version - back from Beirut, Lebanon to Sofia passing Cyprus and Turkey in bright sunrise.

After two hours rest at Sofia Airport, I will continue onwards to Larnaca, Cyprus, once again on LZ-TUH and remain onboard for the return flight to Sofia. This rotation will be published right here on Youtube.

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Flight details

Flight : DU 814
Date : Friday, May 23, 2003
Aircraft : TU-134B-3
Registration : LZ-TUT
Registration history :
- LZ-TUT (Bulgarian Government)
- LZ-TUT (Hemus Air, Albanian Airlines, Hemus Air, Air Force)
Built : 1982
From : Beirut (BEY)
To : Sofia (SOF)
Take off : 05.16 h (0216 UTC)
Touch down : 07.18 h (0418 UTC)
Flying time : 2 hours 2 minutes
Flying distance : 1.563 km
Altitude : 10.000 m
Speed : 658 / 687 / 770 / 721 km/h
Captain : Stefanov, Stefan

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