AN-225

[Niseguy]

Yes the Buran test flight was to certify the handling characteristicsits. Landing configuration.

Nothing to do with Buran transport from a to b. Vehicle was built and assembled at the launch site, Baikohnor).

[RS2]

Oh, I understand that but the real advantage to the AN 225 is hauling stuff too big to fit inside a 124 as well as launching the Buran. Obviously, the shuttle launch is no longer an issue.

The 124 was used to haul remote control concrete pumps to Fukushima:

First of all it might still be around. There is a pic of the tail sticking out of a hanger that is not burned. But the ftont of the hanger looks damaged.

From here where the plane was probably most used it was for turbines ( the mid size ones are 400,000-500,000lbs)and big transformers. Small things that are heavy.

That big Putzmeister pump weighs 190,000lbs. I looked it up.

[ndcrs]

The unfinished one.

i like how small the other unfinished plane looks in the middle of the pic.

[Jim Wilke]

First of all it might still be around. There is a pic of the tail sticking out of a hanger that is not burned. But the ftont of the hanger looks damaged.

From here where the plane was probably most used it was for turbines ( the mid size ones are 400,000-500,000lbs)and big transformers. Small things that are heavy.

That big Putzmeister pump weighs 190,000lbs. I looked it up.

The AN-225 was in Anchorage 8 times in May and June of 2020 hauling PPE. Cool as hell to watch that thing but I guess that won't happen again.

[adi(os)]

new pictures:

https://twitter.com/sohailahmedsa/status/1499654434565070848

AN-225 is completely destroyed.

[Spike]

Damn. Like all that has gone with it, so completely unnecessary.

[Jim Wilke]

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Read somewhere that Antonov didn't fly the AN 225 out of there when war became imminent because it was not airworthy.

[akh]

Some more discussion of the damage to the AN-225 and if it can be rebuilt. Encouraging that the second airframe was elsewhere and sounds like it's safe at this point. Probably a longshot that we'll ever see it in the air IMO.

http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/antonov-an-225-ukraine-rebuilding/index.html

[Jim Wilke]

I did see an Antonov AN-124 here the other day. Rumor is they are flying Patriot missiles to Ukraine, National Air Cargo also involved.

I suspect they are not flying over Russian or Chinese air space.

[Sea Fury]

I did see an Antonov AN-124 here the other day. Rumor is they are flying Patriot missiles to Ukraine, National Air Cargo also involved.

I suspect they are not flying over Russian or Chinese air space.

Wonder what their trips look like, then....

[Jim Wilke]

Wonder what their trips look like, then....

Not sure. Word I got came from a military guy who works part time for UPS.

[Niseguy]

The 124's service much of the oil patch. a couple on the ground at Houston George Bush International daily.

[Sea Fury]

Not sure. Word I got came from a military guy who works part time for UPS.

Sounds like military aid deliveries are being made through Germany and thence to Poland. If they're stopping in Alaska they might be going up over the Pole.

[Jim Wilke]

Possible, could be coming from stockpiles on the West Coast.

[akh]

The 124's service much of the oil patch. a couple on the ground at Houston George Bush International daily.

When I was working for Pioneer Natural Resources in Las Colinas, we chartered one to take a couple subsea wellheads from Houston to Africa. I didn't get to go to IAH for the loadout, but the pictures I saw were pretty awesome.

Canada confiscated a Russian AN-124 and just gave it to Ukraine. The $330,000 bill for parking it in Toronto is going to be sent to Russia. Good luck with that...

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/canada-confiscated-russias-monster-plane-141500184.html