I was able to load a couple of pics into Fotki before our connection became crazy slow. Here’s the first of the pictures of the helicopters being loaded…
This is the ride the helos took to go to their weight reduction camp. The Antonov 124-100. A fairly large bird, to say the least. Although too dark to see, there are already 2 Mi-17 helicopters and a main rotor blade box containing 10 blades inside.
Presidential Helicopter Number 001 is loaded first into the An-124.
I wish I could load more, but these took several tries with the time out becoming more and more frustrating. Eventually!!