Whatusername
Well THIS is awkward!
Next to the B-36 the AN225 just looks like it was ripped from some comic book. It looks almost cartoonishly large yet sexier (in a cargo plane way) compared to say an A380.
Antinov AN225 landing in California.
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skatergeek
Beet Farmer
Saw that plane land at IWA few years back. That’s a big ole plane.
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
I reported a 15 knot loss (in a Seminole) over the final approach fix for 30C there once and the -225 that was coming down the ILS behind be asked to break off the approach and hold until conditions improved. Strangest thing.
Screaming_Emu
Well-Known Member
I guess when you’re flying the only example of something...
FlyingAccountant
Well-Known Member
Pretty sure them and the -124s come to IWA to pick up attack helos from Boeing at FFZ.
FloridaLarry
Well-Known Member
Flying centipede.
Nark
Macho Superpilot
Picking up JerryW's ego.
They didn't do the circle to 33. Pansies.
Landis
Well-Known Member
Yeah, call me for the video when they do Option 28R, Option 28L, Full Stop 33.
bucksmith
Did you lock the doors?
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
BigZ
Well-Known Member
225? Yeah, there's only one. It was built to carry the shuttle, hence the humps on the back. Since this one flew, the backup wasn't finished. Later on the internal bracing was removed, 2" thick titanium floor fitted and she started flying cargo.
There's a few An-124 flying around in both Russian and Ukrainian colors.
My fave is still An-12 though. That's just pure cargo beast
FloridaLarry
Well-Known Member
Some folks are trying to resurrect the design, assemble however many they can from the left over parts, and make new ones. I guess they think there is some market for this size freighter. The one 225 seems to fly all over, so I guess there are customers.
Springer
Well-Known Member
>15Kts loss of a/s was a mandatory go around at my company.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
I can clearly see OAK from my ramp tower on a clear day and was eagerly awaiting the An-225 from the roof for video. Then a passenger on a Southwest flight freaked out and it had to be towed to the gate and I was asked to call the emergency services. By the time I got back down into the tower to do all that crap, it had landed. And parked. In the one spot at OAK that is blocked by the SFO FAA tower from my view point. So the An-225 was right "out my window" all day and I never saw it.
knot4u
Repeat Offender
The second one has been sitting "almost finished" for 25 years in a hangar other aircraft are being manufactured in. There are rumors that China wants to restart the program, there was a recent online video about the second 225 that I can't find now that explained why there are issues with that plan. I think the main issue was Antonov insisting that the aircraft will not be finished, or any other 225s' built, outside of the Ukraine. Copyright infringement never stopped China from copying stuff before, wonder how they'll figure this one out.
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Whatusername
Well THIS is awkward!
Whatusername
Well THIS is awkward!
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Look I get that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but the AN225 it’s not that ugly. At least it’s not the ungodly abomination that is the Airbus Super Guppy (both the prop and jet version).
I would post a pic upon seeing the sight of a Airbus Guppy but that would be a crime against humanity.
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bucksmith
Did you lock the doors?
Touché