Attn ATL Spotters! Antonov-225 coming to ATL next Wednesday
Apr 6, 2011, 8:10 pm
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Apr 8, 2011, 5:07 pm
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Apr 8, 2011, 8:14 pm
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Rarity Indeed
How many -225s were built? Only a couple, I think.
The only time I saw one was in 1993 or 1994, at BDL (Windsor Locks, Connecticut), where it had been chartered to bring out hospital equipment.
Now the An-124, on the other hand... I've seen plenty of those.
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The only time I saw one was in 1993 or 1994, at BDL (Windsor Locks, Connecticut), where it had been chartered to bring out hospital equipment.
Now the An-124, on the other hand... I've seen plenty of those.
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Apr 8, 2011, 10:56 pm
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Some videos of the loading onto the AN-225
Putzmeister 70Z pulling up to Antonov 124 at LAX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-E8o7IGlwQ
Exclusive video of Japan-bound concrete pumper at Hartsfield-Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAHgWnx1R0
Putzmeister 70Z pulling up to Antonov 124 at LAX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-E8o7IGlwQ
Exclusive video of Japan-bound concrete pumper at Hartsfield-Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAHgWnx1R0
Apr 9, 2011, 12:27 am
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Some videos of the loading onto the AN-225
Putzmeister 70Z pulling up to Antonov 124 at LAX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-E8o7IGlwQ
Exclusive video of Japan-bound concrete pumper at Hartsfield-Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAHgWnx1R0
Putzmeister 70Z pulling up to Antonov 124 at LAX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-E8o7IGlwQ
Exclusive video of Japan-bound concrete pumper at Hartsfield-Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAHgWnx1R0
Apr 10, 2011, 8:30 am
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FWIW, the folks at NYCAviation (who are pretty reliable on this sort of thing) suggest that it wasn't the 225 at ATL for the pump but a 124.
http://twitter.com/#!/NYCAviation/st...97205201305601
http://twitter.com/#!/NYCAviation/st...97205201305601
Apr 10, 2011, 11:04 pm
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FWIW, the folks at NYCAviation (who are pretty reliable on this sort of thing) suggest that it wasn't the 225 at ATL for the pump but a 124.
http://twitter.com/#!/NYCAviation/st...97205201305601
http://twitter.com/#!/NYCAviation/st...97205201305601
Apr 12, 2011, 8:00 pm
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1. Part of a second, never completed.
All the other places I've read have indicated it was two 124s
FWIW, the folks at NYCAviation (who are pretty reliable on this sort of thing) suggest that it wasn't the 225 at ATL for the pump but a 124.
http://twitter.com/#!/NYCAviation/st...97205201305601
http://twitter.com/#!/NYCAviation/st...97205201305601
Apr 13, 2011, 12:31 am
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Apr 13, 2011, 9:18 am
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Wikipedia has the story. From a commercial standpoint they weren't really viable at the time. Now they get contracts for transportation jobs that only they can do. I don't know if it's enough to keep them above the floating line though. Anyway... read the wiki article on the AN-225; it's very informative.