The Il-14 was a short-range, low wing, 18-36 seat piston-powered
airliner developed in 1950. In
addition to being built by the parent company, license
built production was also undertaken by Avia
in
Czechoslovakia and Dresdner Flugzeugbau in the GDR. In all,
1,112 machines of all marques
were built.
Malev received its first examples in 1957 (HA-MAA,-MAB,
-MAC). The airliner
had a greater range
than the old Li-2s and hence new destinations were served within both
eastern
and western
Europe. When retired in 1970 all Malev's Il-14s (by then
numbering 10 aircraft) were
absorbed into
Aeroflot's fleet. Photo above via Gábor Toth.