Nicolae Ceausescu's presidential plane, put up for auction
Articol de Radiojurnal, 13 Mai 2021, 01:14
RADOR - Nicolae Ceausescu's presidential plane will be put up for auction at the end of the month.
The aircraft, considered a jewel of the local aeronautical industry, was presented publicly in August 1982 as the first and only passenger plane built in Romania, ROMBAC 1-11. The first official flight was executed in the autumn of the same year at Baneasa Airport.
The presidential plane was used for Nicolae Ceausescu's official flights for four years, between 1986 and 1989.
Along with the "Super One-Eleven" model that belonged to Nicolae Ceausescu, the "Negresti" presidential plane used during the first term of President Ion Iliescu will also be put up for auction.
The two planes were classified in the national mobile cultural heritage.
Translated by: Radu Matei
