To: lbryce
I believe the US has on occasion hired the Antonov for military and space payloads we lack the capacity to airlift. The gigantic cockpit is really something.
6 posted on
06/01/2013 8:01:40 PM PDT by
Trod Upon
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To: Trod Upon
Canada hired one of them for relief flights a few years back, can’t recall whether it was for Haiti or the Boxing Day Tsunami. It’s an impressive beast- it even carries an inventory of spare parts and a machine shop for repairs away from base.
11 posted on
06/01/2013 8:10:00 PM PDT by
Squawk 8888
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To: Trod Upon
Oh, this is new- the ones I’ve seen were the AN-124.
12 posted on
06/01/2013 8:11:14 PM PDT by
Squawk 8888
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To: Trod Upon
I believe the US has on occasion hired the Antonov for military and space payloads we lack the capacity to airlift. The gigantic cockpit is really something. We hire them regularly. We just don't have anything that big. I've seen them land at naval air stations in both San Diego and Jacksonville. Really something to behold. Just incredibly enormous machines.
36 posted on
06/01/2013 10:07:05 PM PDT by
Drew68
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