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Posted: 7/21/2021 7:42:13 PM EDT
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They are still operating, my FIL went to school with the director and I’ve toured the plant. They build planes and fix stuff but they are not the Antonov of old. Recently they have been picking up military contracts for drones and transport planes.
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Posted: 7/21/2021 7:43:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm almost positive that the video in OP is from MS Flight Simulator or one of the other flight sims. JFC I hope so. That was pure craziness, but I guess on the upside if you FOD out one you have five more. Unless it comes through the cockpit. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 7:47:36 PM EDT
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IIRCits a minimum of $1M per lift
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Posted: 7/21/2021 7:49:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: JFC I hope so. That was pure craziness, but I guess on the upside if you FOD out one you have five more. Unless it comes through the cockpit. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 8:21:42 PM EDT
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At least they were still storing the incomplete fuselage of the second one at one point.
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Posted: 7/21/2021 9:20:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was driving south on Airways Blvd near Memphis International when one was landing. They is huge. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 9:23:39 PM EDT
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Got to see one up close at Incirlik AFB in Turkey during Op Provide Comfort. We were on R&R from Zahko, Iraq. Saw the tail from way the hell off as it was sitting on the taxi way.
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Posted: 7/21/2021 9:26:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm almost positive that the video in OP is from MS Flight Simulator or one of the other flight sims. NOPE https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/the-an-225-is-ready-for-its-close-up/ |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 9:36:25 PM EDT
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That was pretty awesome. Thanks OP.
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Posted: 7/21/2021 9:56:31 PM EDT
[#10]
They made the biggest helicopter in the world too
 Mil Mi-26 startup and takeoff at Budaörs airfield (with ATC, in temporary paint scheme) |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:02:49 PM EDT
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Cool footage.
Wonder what those doors were on the bottom that stayed open? Looked like maybe one of the sets of gear doors perhaps? “The doors are the problem .” |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:09:27 PM EDT
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She is a big girl and she gets around. I have photos of her in KAF and I swear I ran across it in Turkey. Either way for just being one that thing gets all over.
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:11:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whatever it was that was needed in Bakersfield, guessing oil industry related, must have been bg and expensive and a monuental fuck up That is 100% correct when it comes to making the call to schedule this airplane |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:15:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Super cool. Seems like a pretty unstable rotation initially but climbing through 300-400(ish) the crew corrected it. As usual, pretty goddamn interesting to see that plane do it’s thing let alone from altitude Looked like a deliberate wing rock/wing wag to me. Saying bye to some folks on the ground. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:18:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was hysterical when the supposed experts on Ukraine couldn’t pronounce it properly last year. “Keev”  I've never heard it pronounced that way for 10 years until those "experts" testified, trying to show off. I spent over 6 months this past year in Western Ukraine, where the locals speak Ukrainian, and couldn't get any to replicate that pronunciation. I also get a kick out of correcting Ukrainian speaking Ukrainians when they spell it Kiev. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:19:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's exactly what I was thinking. There's geofencing in Ukraine. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:34:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Super cool. Seems like a pretty unstable rotation initially but climbing through 300-400(ish) the crew corrected it. As usual, pretty goddamn interesting to see that plane do it’s thing let alone from altitude I thought it was a very aggressive climbout for something that size. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:35:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've never heard it pronounced that way for 10 years until those "experts" testified, trying to show off. I spent over 6 months this past year in Western Ukraine, where the locals speak Ukrainian, and couldn't get any to replicate that pronunciation. I also get a kick out of correcting Ukrainian speaking Ukrainians when they spell it Kiev. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:40:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess they don’t have an FAA there  That is one big fucking airplane It is. Watching taking off is scary. It would normally use the longest available runway to take off from. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:43:51 PM EDT
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Need to put some GE9Xs on it.
  
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:48:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sasha approves. RIP. He saved everyone and will have schools named after him after the water recedes. |
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Posted: 7/21/2021 10:56:50 PM EDT
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gay
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Posted: 7/21/2021 11:06:32 PM EDT
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Is there somewhere on that plane that if a drone hit it there would be any consequences?
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Posted: 7/21/2021 11:17:49 PM EDT
[#24]
I seen it at an airshow.
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Posted: 7/21/2021 11:36:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Need to put some GE9Xs on it. https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/27831e4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1620x1080+0+0/resize/1200x800!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Farchive%2Fge9x-flight-3.jpg https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GE9X-vs-737-800x486.jpg https://www.ge.com/news/sites/default/files/Reports/2020-03/tumblr_inline_nq1n7jc1GQ1qzgziy_540.gif I wish. Then it wouldn't need 8 minutes on the runway to run up and leave a trail of black smoke |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 8:39:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Most people probably don't realize there is only one of the large version An-225 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/46582/2021_07_21_19_28_02_Antonov_An_225_Mriya-2023006.png There are talks about building more airframe with the help from Boeing. But that was in 2019 I think. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 8:50:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Most people probably don't realize there is only one of the large version An-225 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/46582/2021_07_21_19_28_02_Antonov_An_225_Mriya-2023006.png I remember seeing a TV show that showed a partially completed one in a hanger somewhere. They said they couldn't afford to finish it without a buyer. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 8:52:28 AM EDT
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She used to come into Wichita regularly, flying Bombardier/Learjet fuselages to Ireland so ShortsBros? could work on them IIRC.
They’d park her at the North end of the tarmac, by the Cargo terminal. Even next to the 747’s she was a monster. Watching her take off always seemed like a 50/50 proposition… Like the C-5, it just never seems like it’s going fast enough. Must be a size Doppler effect. ETA: Now that I think about it, it may have been a 124 that came here. Still a big girl though. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 9:37:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was driving south on Airways Blvd near Memphis International when one was landing. They is huge. I hope the hookers had their ear pro on for that one. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 1:49:10 PM EDT
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Here's my Cool Story Bro....
I lived 15-20 miles east of Wright Patt in 2006. At that time, the guard was still flying C-5s like crazy. Several times a day, the C-5s would pass over my house at maybe 1000 feet? It was the old ones with the sweet whining TF-39 turbofans.  C-5 Galaxy Taxi / Takeoff / Flyover - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 If you look at the 2:45 mark of the video, that's exactly what I saw several times daily. They were doing touch and goes at WP, and I was at the eastern edge of where they turned back toward the base for approach. When they passed directly overhead, they were at a maybe 20-30 deg bank. My house was on a small hill, so they passed at about the same altitude as in this video. My daughter was born in 2005, so as she got old enough to comprehend, we would both jump out of our seats and run outside to see the Galaxy's go by. Even funnier, I had a Lab/shepherd and a Dachshund at the time. They also recognized the sound and would begin running around like crazy, knowing I was about to run outside, and they would come with and bark at them. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 1:55:44 PM EDT
[#31]
Am I being weirded out that the front of the plane sure looks like a Boeing 747?
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Posted: 7/23/2021 2:03:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Am I being weirded out that the front of the plane sure looks like a Boeing 747? |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 2:08:24 PM EDT
[#33]
That big boy goes to Charlotte NC all the time. People would stack up at the overlook on Cargo Terminal Road with their badass cameras and get some great shots. I have some nice shots but they're on a memory card somewhere. It really is a ridiculously big plane when you're standing next to it. You wonder how something like that can fly. And I have a private pilot certificate.
It makes a C-17 Globemaster or C-5 Galaxy look like a Piper Cub |
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