Posted on 04/20/2014 9:43:55 PM PDT by lbryce
Original Title:Antonov 225 Mriya Departs Manchester Airport, 26th June 2013 Antonov 225 (UR-82060) finally leaves Manchester Airport after being delayed 24 hours. The huge aircraft is seen departing runway 23L on Wednesday 26th June 2013. The aircraft certainly pulled the crowds in. Just before the Antonov crosses onto runway two, Thomson 787 Dreamliner, G-TUIC lands on 23R.
The Antonov 225 is currently the largest aircraft in the world.
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I think I saw one of those land at Moffatt some years back. It was a freaking monster.
Holy crap!
That thing must burn 20,000 bucks worth of kerosene an hour....
This one is in Ukrainian livery, they possess some too
I saw it land at Long Beach once...
They had to sit there and rev the turbines while holding the wheel brakes for several minutes, to the point that the fuselage was visibly bobbing up and down and the wings were shaking, just to get that barge off the ground before the runway ran out. It’s impressive in a way, but it’s a caricature in a way, too. Overkill for overkill’s sake, especially the rear landing gear.
I have seen one of those parked at ATL when they came over for airshows in the mid 90s.It is a monster.
Would feel much better flying in a Boeing......
dunno, the 777s disappear at random.
~Overkill for overkill’s sake, especially the rear landing gear.~
In fact these overkill landing gear makes perfect sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6bKCsJd2K0
Overshooting runway is not a big problem.
I missed why this is being posted today,if the flight occured in June ‘13. Why?
Eli Lilly chartered one back in the early 2000’s to move some equipment to San Juan. I got an up close and personal on it.
Great looking airplane, but a piece of crap up close. Threadbare tires, busted rivets, pilot seats mounted on wooden blocks, fans screwed into the cockpit dash, due to inop air conditioning, etc.
The American Trans Air mechs worked on it for free, just to have it in their logbooks. Was on the ground, broke, at IND for almost 3 weeks.
Not early 2000’s, more like late 90’s, now that I think about it.
That’s an effing big plane.
I was a passenger on a C5A Galaxy back when it was the largest cargo plane in the world. Looks like this thing could carry a few C5As in it’s cargo bay.
I saw one in Las Vegas once. In reality, there were very few built. They do plan to make more.
One of the reasons for the very heavy duty landing gear is the USSR (and possibly Russian) requirement for military aircraft to be able to operate on semi-improved runways. Our planes would probably disintegrate while attempting to take off/land on many of their runways. Of course, there is a severe weight/performance penalty for this.
Imagine what it could haul with efficient, low carbon engines.
Why then Antonov AN-225 wasn’t called to haul Saddam Hussein’s 550 metric tons yellowcakes directly to Canada? It took 37 C-17 top-secret flights from Baghdad to Diego Garcia then shipped on SS Gopher State under heavy security to Canada. Under heavy security? Oh it was low-grade yellowcake, yeah right. How much yellowcake to make a U-235 anyway?
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