To: Tree of Liberty
And the Antonov is even bigger. There's one leased by Erickson Air Crane here in Medford that flies in quite often, and my goodness...talk about HUGE planes!
It's literally like watching a skyscraper land! And when they land and turn around, the backwash from the jets is enough to knock you off your feet!
Ed
839 posted on
03/28/2003 1:05:23 AM PST by
Sir_Ed
To: Sir_Ed
Yep. I believe the Antonov is the largest cargo aircraft on the planet. In fact, we leased it the other year to bring back the recon aircraft that the Chinese forced down, since they wouldn't let us effect repairs and fly it out under its own power.
To: Sir_Ed
Oh yeah!
Somewhere I've got a photo of an Anatoli, a C-5, and Air Force-1 (747) all on the same field at Moffitt. A gathering of Titans!
1,505 posted on
03/28/2003 7:22:21 AM PST by
null and void
(It's film, not scanned, couldn't post it even if I could find it. Sorry.)
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