THE SIGHT & THE SOUND 2/4 : Balkan Bulgarian IL-18 LZ-BEU inflight documentary from Sofia to Ohrid

This documentary features a flight in onboard Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Ilyushin 18 from Sofia to Ohrid, Macedonia almost two decades ago. This was some of the most awsome weekends I ever experiences in my life. I spent the entire weekend together with a fascinating crew in Ohrid, Macedonia, before returning Monday morning next all the way to Seoul, South Korea connecting via Sofia, Budapest, Amsterdam and Osaka, Japan. It was well worth my while. Yet, my brand new SHARP camera broke down frequently, not to mention the batteries. This camera was the first generation of video cameras with digital recording. Obviously the digital recording technology 18 years ago was still at an experimental stage. The video head got worn out immediately. After a few seconds the camera turned hot and taping was interrupted, especially during the most important phases of taping : Take off and landing. Eighteen years later, I tried to assemble the fractions of this puzzle of video fragments as best as I could. This is the result. I apologize for the quality and hope that you can enjoy with me the Sights & Sounds of Classic Aviation. Thanks for watching. Flight details Flight : LZ 341 Date : Saturday, December 7, 1996 Aircraft : IL-18V Registration : LZ-BEU Former registrations : CCCP-75870 (Aeroflot Soviet Airlines) YE-AYE (Yemen Government 4W-ABO (Yemen Airlines) Later registrations : LZ-BFU (Bulgarian Flying Company and Bulgarian Flying Cargo) EX-75427 (Phoenix Aviation) EX-75427 (Daallo Airlines) Built : 1963 From : Sofia (SOF) To : Ohrid (OHD) Take off : 14.49 h (1249 UTC) Touch down : 14.33 h (1333 UTC) Flying time : 44 minutes Flying distance : 400 km Altitude : 6.000 m Captain : Lovdjiev, Stefan Atanasov Check Captain : Solakov, Georgi First Officer : Stoyanov, Stoyan Zlatev Flight Engineer : Daskalov, Nikolay Navigator : Spassov, Lubomir Stefan Additional Crew : Angelov, Acho Additional Crew : Todorov, George Kolev Cabin Crew : Manolov, Borimir Cabin Crew : Vitanova, Natasha Cabin Crew : Velichkova, Irena