Old museum aircraft
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VP-BHM is an old Douglas DC-8-62 registerd to Brisair. It was first taken in use by United Airlines in October 1969
where it flew until 1982. It has since been registered to Andalair and Sigair and since 1984 to Brisair. It has been standing idle at Arlanda
airport of Stockholm since 2011. Brisair is a company registered in Switzerland. It owns two historic DC-8 planes.
Picture from Stockholm Arlanda 3.4.2019 by Ilkka Siissalo.
HA-LIX is an old Lisunov Li-2, Russian built copy of the famous Douglas DC-3. If you have a look at the picture closely and if you happen to
know the DC-3, you'll notice that the front part of this Lisunov is slightly longer than that of a DC-3. There is also one more window on the
cockpit cabin side and the door of the plane is on the right hand side, not on the left as usual. This individual Li-2 was built in Tashkent
in 1949 and it is now the only remaining Li-2 plane.
Picture from Budaƶrs, Hungary 9.8.2025 by Markku Salo.
For comparison the front part of a "real" DC-3. This one is OH-LCH, DC-3 built in 1942, formerly used by the Finnish Aero/Finnair and now operated
by Airveteran.
Picture from Helsinki-Malmi airport 30.7.2014 by Ilkka Siissalo.
Another picture of the OH-LCH nicknamed Lokki (seagull) showing now the whole plane. Notice that the door on the side of the plane behind the wing is
actually a wide double door. This is because this individual plane was actually built not as a DC-3 but as a C-47, which was the military version of DC-3
intended for cargo and skydiving purposes.
Picture from Helsinki-Malmi airport 30.7.2014 by Ilkka Siissalo.
The same OH-LCH nicknamed Lokki seen from the other side.
Picture from Helsinki-Malmi airport 30.7.2014 by Ilkka Siissalo.
The double door of OH-LCH Lokki is no longer a double door but the original double door hinges are still there.
Picture from Helsinki-Malmi airport 30.7.2014 by Ilkka Siissalo.
OH-LCH Lokki is taking off.
Picture from Helsinki-Malmi airport 30.7.2014 by Ilkka Siissalo.