V šest ráno na letišti
Movie (1957)
Czech title: V šest ráno na letišti
Russian title: Удивительное воскресенье
English title: At 6 AM at the airport (Czech title) or Amazing Sunday (Russian title)
Starring:
Tomáš Sedláček (Pepíček)
Vladimir Siluyanov (Misha)
Miroslav Homola ("saboteur"/illusionist)
Mark Bernes (Tu-104 captain)
A little Czech schoolboy Pepíček hides inside Soviet Tu-104 and, not being noticed by anyone, flies to Moscow, where 6th World Festival of Youth and Students is taking place.
Douglas DC-4
Swissair’s HB-ILI (s/n 43097) at Prague airport.
Could as well be the same plane.
Ilyushin Il-12
Il-12 of ČSA Czechoslovak Airlines in Vnukovo, with many Il-14 behind.
Tail of Il-12 in the left side. Multiple Il-12 and Il-14 seen on the background.
Ilyushin Il-14
Il-14 on the final approach.
Il-14 of ČSA parked near Prague airport terminal.
Many Il-14 of ČSA behind Tu-104.
Lisunov Li-2
ČSA’s Li-2P registered OK-GAC (s/n 23442305) on the background, Prague airport. Another Li-2 seen behind.
Li-2P of Aeroflot taxiing on the background in Vnukovo.
Tupolev Tu-104
In this movie, Tu-104 can be considered one of the main characters. Many views of Tu-104 are featured, showing taxiing, take-off, landing and flight. All Tu-104’s belonged to Vnukovo Squad at the time of filming.
Although meant to pose as one plane, multiple Tu-104’s were filmed in different scenes. Among them, Tu-104A СССР-Л5437 (s/n 7350203), built in 1957, scrapped in 1978.
Tu-104A СССР-Л5439 (s/n 7350205), built 1957, scrapped 1978.
Tu-104A СССР-Л5440 (s/n 7350301), built 1957, scrapped around 1981.
All altitude scenes feature Tu-104 СССР-Л5413 (s/n 6350002), built in 1956. This particular Tu-104 was transfered to Gromov Flight Research Institute in 1973, where it was used for structural tests. Stored in Zaporizhzha in 1977, scrapped in 1998.
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