I could listen to this engine for hours...its so relaxing.

You can clearly hear how internal and external engines are operating independently spooling up and down to make approach as much smooth as possible... Amazing engines of that century

Просто чудо, что в КНДР до сих пор летают Ил-62М, Ил-18Д, Ту-156Б. Звук - просто песнч!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

This engine shut down sound at 9:28 is amazing, music to my ears.

Soviet Airplane enthusiast here. Nice vid, this makes me want to experience it for myself more than ever. Wow. I just love that "shrieky" sound the engines make as the flaps are starting to come down. A hallmark of old design engines that you wont hear anymore from a modern Boeing or Airbus.. there's just some unexplainable charm and appeal to that sound that only we airplane fanatics can understand and appreciate. And knowing that this is a Soviet design from the 60's makes it even more alluring.

It isn't shut down. What you are seeing in front are inlet guide vanes and they are stationary. Stage 1 (the part that spins) is behind them.

The IL-62 is just a wonderful airplane.Would love to fly in one before they are all gone.

I flew from Shannon in Ireland to refuel at Gandar in Canada and then on to Havana Cuba on an IL62 in the late 1980's. Such a beautiful plane. I returned directly from Havana to Shannon on an IL86, also a beautiful widebody plane.

The cool thing about Russian jets, is the engines literally 'sing.' Great vid! Enjoyed every minute.

Fantastic video! Thanks for posting it. I have flown Air Koryo Beijing - Pyongyang 3 times in recent years, this video captures the excitement of landing in such a strange place.

I love the shut down. THIS IS JUST MUSIC.

They are guide vanes which guide air into the engine. All the engines are running, as a pilot myself i don't really know what they are doing with the spooling up and down with the engines. Also notice the flaps are set as well. That could be a factor, the aircraft could be running late and to show how efficient North Korea is it could be trying to get there on time. Yet another factor could be that the pilots are under orders to quickly fly past the slums, and the outcast villages with no power.

Thank you for an awesome video of the IL 62, an aircraft I have yet to fly in but is on my 'to do' list. Very well shot and the best IL 62 video I have yet seen. You have perfectly captured the landing experience.

These screaming engines sound orgasmic. love them.

so nice sounds of D30KU engines.I like to hear that divided operating of external and internal engines during the final approach to make a speed changing more smooth. also you can hear right before touch down a little noise from retracted revers hatches (same noise like from the breaking spoilers which are retracting during descending).So from the both videos of Il62 landing I can see like the pilots used to retract reverses before the plane touched down,what making some a little parasuit effect

Thats how my ps4 sounds when i launch red dead redemption

Звук - ПЕСНЯ!!!

I enjoyed it. I wish we had these in america. it would have been awesome.

звук теряющих обороты двигателей в конце - эпичен....

Better landing than ryanair

Gotta love how the pilot shuts down the engines before the aircraft comes to a halt! :)

On this time (may 2013), they are 5 active Il-62M in Air Koryo's fleet : - P618 : first flight in 1985 ; order by JS - P885 : first flight in 1979 ; order by JS - P881 : first flight in 1986 ; order by JS - P886P : first flight in 1988 ; ex Cubana (CU-T1280) and received by JS in July 2012 - P882 : first flight in 1989 ; order by JS You can find the production list of Il-62M and Tu-154M on russianplanes. net Thanks for your video in HD ;) I love this aircraft.

Amazing !!! I would love to see or even travel in a IL-62 !!! Liked :)

What's with all the spooling up and down? Does it only have two thurst settings: idle and maximum?

I could not agree more, That aircraft will be, what? 45 years old? and it's still going strong.

This one is about 30 years old. A lot of IL-62 M versions are not as old as one might think. I think the last one was produced in about 1995.

I flew this plane from Beijing to Pyongyang about 12 years ago. They didn't run the inboard engines on that flight either, but there were only 42 people on that flight. Even fewer people in the return flight to Beijing. Some say that they fill the plane with fuel in Beijing to get fuel for the military in North Korea.

No fence, car park, buildings or anything around that airport. Landing in the middle of a field

Look at those rolling green hills planted with an abundance of food... oh wait, it's heroin...

Ah right, I thought Koryo had some of their older ones. In fact, I think they delivered an IL62 last year. Ilyushin and Tupolev keep shells of aircraft at their factories and they build them if they have an order for them. I think a Tu154 was delivered last year too.

Thank you for the Great video

All jets increase thrust as they get closer to the ground to land. Thats because flaps are used so theres more drag.

Wow. Fuel into noise.

Cool shout of D-30KU It is a comfortable lullaby for me! In old days I was hearing it at RJNN

smooth touch :)

@Ian M - flymajj : The production was stop in 1999 but the very last one had his first flight in 2004. It's the ST-PRA of Sudan Governmt (russianplanes. net/reginfo/2720) and he's only 8 years and 4 month !! For the Tu-154M, the very last aircraft produced was in february 2013 after 45 years of product !

very nice engine sound

smooth landing!

Keep up the Great work

On more moodern jets, you just don't realize the thrust increase because the engines are much quieter, unless you pay close attention.

planes are allowed there ?

beautiful footage and sound!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Very good landing!

Now that's one hell of a smooth landing!

Is one of the engines not working?

Is that common operating procedure to shutdown engine 3 (I am assuming that one is 3) for approach? Seems like that may be why they had to gun the outboard ones so much . . .

did they confiscate your camera when you arrived? Because i've seen in tv's cameras are not allowed in NoKor especially for tourists

The Engines Sound Better that the MD-88's

Just beautiful.

is it just me or that inboard engine dont appear to be spinning

dennis rodman greet you at the airport??

Great video!!! Love the engine sounds!!

I need to straighten something out here. The engine fan blade is inside the engine, but on the outside they have those things that look like fans.

The safety of the plane is fine relive to planes of its own age. However, when compared to newer modern jets, it is much more unsafe. Look at how outdated the cockpit is. What will the pilots do in a snow storm or thundersorm, or even low visability? Don't think they have autoland. No autoland and advanced tech to help them so they have to do much of the flying and prediction in bad weather manually. Very unsafe in bad weather. Also its older which means parts will break more easily/more often.

Yes, wonderful technologically advanced Soloviev engines: The cutting edge of 1962 Russian aviation.

Amazing video. I like the sound of the engines

I love this airplane, unique and amazing sound

Sorry, that should say "they complete them if they get an order," the shells are already built.

Flight 743 Air Koryo Welcome to California you are cleared to land on Runway 3/4 3 Mile wind South by Southwest

This might just be in my head, but... is the inboard engine powered off?

Personally, I'd be nervous to go to NK. I'd be afraid I'd do something like accidentally fart in public, and then be imprisoned and charged with something like "Odorous Disrespect in Highest Degree for Dear Leader", and then sentenced a week later to 10 years breaking bricks in a Salt Mine in the snow-covered mountain wilderness.

Awesome video!

Did you get killed right after you go out from the gate?

Australia was almost banned from operating flights to america because of the way our airport security is handled by the airports rather than directly by the government, hardly a safety issue. Old planes like this are still used in many places, in fact they are safer in some respects (manual controls = no risk of hydraulic failure, no computer control = no computer failure, no batteries like 787 = no fire). Also, the blades that do not move are called stators, and are meant to stay still :)

OMG is that Captain Confederate States of America flying underneath the wing

Emperor Kim Jong-un thank you for this beautiful Airline

Why is the inboard engine off?

Why the other engine isnt running?

Wow, amazing. I found this airport at 39°13′26″N 125°40′12″E I determined that this flight approaches this airport from the North (not South). This runway runs almost exactly north to south. I used Bing Maps and was able to correlate objects and terrain outside the window of this plane, with like objects and roads etc on Bing Maps. Pretty amazing.

Isn't it dangerous to fly with this company and old plane? Cause they are not allowed to fly to many foreign destinations.. and my 2 question: Is the inner engine shut down during the landing?? looks like the blades are holding still :) Nice video though, but it must be a weird feeling to fly with a company like this(not to mention the aircraft too) :)

I wanna go in one but I'm too scared! :(

Can the IL 62 also do long-haul?

Still its VERY old and should be retired if the airline was richer, and reletive to modern jets, I'd rather travel in a 737-800 or A380 and feel much safer in those jets.

lovely video!

so, how is NK doing ?

At 9:31 is just beyond perfection ❤

why do they fly with 2 engines insted of 4

thats correct Stall stall xD .... yes its normal :-) flaps on aproach, less speed and thrust increase to avoid a stall or to correct speed.

Excuse me? No, that's THE reason to visit North Korea. For aviation enthusiasts anyway. That's a much more rugged and better built (as in time and workmanship put into it) aircraft than anything thats been rolling out of Seattle or Toulouse recently.

Engine cowling sure could use a new coat of paint!

9:26 - 9:29

Very good oldschool plane

What, me and the other 40?!

I really hoped to fly on an Air Koryo IL-62 when I visit the DPRK this year but looks like I'm too late. Gues it will be one of the TU-204s instead. Oh well who cares, it's Air Koryo and 7 days in the DPRK, so it all good.

I know!

wow. I did not expect that North Korea has airports.

It is not illegal. It is only true that a plane cannot be in service unless it is not older than 40 years. Source: My Grandpa.

Are those soviet engines?

awesome!

Супер самолет!

Why wasn't the inner engine working?

Piste d'aterrissage des plus simples, plaques de béton accolées les unes aux autres, peu ou pas de signalitique au niveau du sol. C'est pourtant l'aéroport de Pyong Yang, sensé être une vitrine pour le pays. On imagine ce que peut-être le reste....

from 4min to 6 increasing thrust....

Los aviones sobretodo sovieticos de los 60s tienen mejor sonido que un auto :3, almenos para mi.

anyone over here ever gone on a Douglas plane ever?

Talk about scariest plane ride ever!

Great sound, but it doesn't beat the sound of the Tupolev 154....loll....

Engines sounds like GE JT3D

good luck :)

Один движок видимо не хотел больше трудиться в С Корее 😂