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Old 18th Oct 2002, 18:22
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IL-62 DDR-SEG landing

A couple of weeks ago, a German channel broadcast spectacular footage of an Ilyushin 62 making a (very bumpy) landing on a grassy meadow.

I couldn't understand the narration but after some research found out the plane was ex-Interflug Il-62 DDR-SEG. It is located in Stolln, Germany and now serves as the registrar's office. It also houses a small Otto Lilienthal museum and has been dubbed "Lady Agnes", after the gliding pioneer's wife.

Does anyone have any more info about this event? I'm particularly interested in obtaining (downloading?) footage of that landing. My jaw actually dropped as I watched the big airliner bouncing along on the uneven surface, great clouds of dirt being thrown up as the engines went into full reverse. Don't know whether the pilot should have been commended or condemned.



But seriously, a spectacular job!
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