Antinov AN225 landing in California.

BigZ said:
My fave is still An-12 though. That's just pure cargo beast
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I've always been partial to the An-22. And not ONLY because its NATO reporting name is "Cock".
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I've always wanted to fly some of the Russian freighters - this thing is pretty cool, the 124 is cool, the 12 and 22 are cool, the AN2 and AN3 are pretty damn cool too. They're so utilitarian.
 
ppragman said:
Hah! I think I’ve had that exact same conversation with an FO!
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About jerking the controls around not accomplishing anything? Yeah, do that with a LCA over there and wave goodbye to your annual bonus. Still a fairly popular thing to do in the US among airmen of various qualifications and experience levels.

Also conversations about
- configuring 25 km out vs 15 km FO did
- not accelerating past 450 km/h below 3000m as a good habit for future international flying
- alt hold indication light not working, but holding fine
- not losing airspeed, since it takes Tu a minute to pick up 10 km/h
- bitching about falling below the glideslope then overcorrecting
- touchdown speed 260 km/h - 140 kts
I hear that plane is supercritical (pun intended) of your speeds on final and touchdown. Couple knots this or that way result in carpet dance. Must be quite a trip for FOs entering it with 250 hrs of nothing but An-2 time.
 
BigZ said:
About jerking the controls around not accomplishing anything? Yeah, do that with a LCA over there and wave goodbye to your annual bonus. Still a fairly popular thing to do in the US among airmen of various qualifications and experience levels.

Also conversations about
- configuring 25 km out vs 15 km FO did
- not accelerating past 450 km/h below 3000m as a good habit for future international flying
- alt hold indication light not working, but holding fine
- not losing airspeed, since it takes Tu a minute to pick up 10 km/h
- bitching about falling below the glideslope then overcorrecting
- touchdown speed 260 km/h - 140 kts
I hear that plane is supercritical (pun intended) of your speeds on final and touchdown. Couple knots this or that way result in carpet dance. Must be quite a trip for FOs entering it with 250 hrs of nothing but An-2 time.
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My favorite line he says is “quit wiggling it around, it flies straight.” Like, I’ve had that exact conversation with guys before.

Question for you because I don’t have any experience with Russian aviation terminology the than what I’ve heard spoken - is глиссада glideslope? I assumed it was glide slope or glide path or something from context but, yeah.

I really like how the engineer (?) in the background calmly calls out speeds and altitudes - he sounds bored af.
 
ppragman said:
My favorite line he says is “quit wiggling it around, it flies straight.” Like, I’ve had that exact conversation with guys before.

Question for you because I don’t have any experience with Russian aviation terminology the than what I’ve heard spoken - is глиссада glideslope? I assumed it was glide slope or glide path or something from context but, yeah.

I really like how the engineer (?) in the background calmly calls out speeds and altitudes - he sounds bored af.
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Yup, глиссада is glideslope.
Ya, the dude filming is the FE, he does sound like he's heard it all before once or twice :)

I've read that the IOE CA like that one only happen in Siberia and elsewhere they are much more cultured and SOP, cannot confirm or deny though.
 
BigZ said:
I've read that the IOE CA like that one only happen in Siberia and elsewhere they are much more cultured and SOP, cannot confirm or deny though.
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Well Siberia is Russkie Alaska and ppragman is an Alaska-vet, so this is all starting to make a sort of hairy-chested, unwashed sense. How would google translate do with "Shut up and drink the rest of that, comrade", I wonder? заткнись и выпей все это, товарищ.?
 
Boris Badenov said:
Well Siberia is Russkie Alaska and ppragman is an Alaska-vet, so this is all starting to make a sort of hairy-chested, unwashed sense. How would google translate do with "Shut up and drink the rest of that, comrade", I wonder? заткнись и выпей все это, товарищ.?
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Here's one for you - "динозавр, вся жопа ракушками поросла" (that's above google translate's capabilities)
Literally "dinosaur, got barnacles growing on his ass". Meaning "That's the way he's used to doing things and he's been here forever"
 
Just FYI, "dinosaur, all the ass shells overgrown". I like yours better, although I think our tech-overlords got pretty close, for a colloquialism!
 
bucksmith said:
Is there only one?
I think it’s dead sexy, call me crazy. And the 380 is a disgusting pig, btw. Still, in the big and sexy category, nothing will ever beat the 747. Not as big and sexy, nothing more beautiful than a 757.
Small and sexy? Show me something that makes your titties harder than a Gulfstream. (Minus the 650, which I equate to the ugly ass C5 trying to replace the C4 Corvette)
YMMV
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You’re calling my plane ugly? :mad:



Yes, I know, Corvette...:bounce:
 
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