Silverbolt 104 Posted October 13, 2009 OMFG! that's huge!i think it was bringing the Light Metro from Europe... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stick 773 Posted October 13, 2009 Not bad silver you rustled out a Ruslan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rambler 1-1 9 Posted October 13, 2009 That's the exact AN-124 that was up here in the Great White North a couple of weeks ago dropping off some Mi-17s. Those Russians do get around, don't they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) yep! it is taller than the airport building:grin: Edited October 13, 2009 by Silverbolt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derk 265 Posted October 13, 2009 My mother didn't need such a big plane, it's more something for a mother in law..... Hou doe, Derk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted October 13, 2009 My mother didn't need such a big plane, it's more something for a mother in law..... Hou doe, Derk ROFLMAO! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OvS 8 Posted October 13, 2009 Ever see the 224? It's even bigger... if that's possible!?!?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted October 13, 2009 Ever see the 224? It's even bigger... if that's possible!?!?! unfortunately i haven't see the 225, but its sure even bigger, it will be here next month in west of the country, unfortunatelly i live in the center , so i'll not see it :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Growler67 0 Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) Ever see the 224? It's even bigger... if that's possible!?!?! Not only possible, but ACTUAL. I saw it at the '89 Paris Air Show. To say it's big would be an understatement. HUGE doesn't really do it justice either. Just sayin'. BTW, I was there a week after the MiG bird ingestion -> corkscrew. Saw the scorched crater on the infield. Saw it a second time after the trip, from work. It was flying home and passed overhead (EDOT where I worked) from Taunus VOR eastbound. I don't know what altitude it was at, but it was still very big. Edited October 13, 2009 by Growler67 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derk 265 Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) It stayed for a couple of days because of a landing gear malfuntion. Drove past it every day as the A4 motorway passes very close to one of the Schiphol platforms...... see also http.www.youtube.com/watch?gl=NL&hl=nl&v=AxtrW6m_p2w Hou doe, Derk Edited October 13, 2009 by Derk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 13, 2009 The amazing part is they built a plane THAT big to carry their small orbiter but we've been using a regular old 747 with some reinforcements to do the job of carrying our larger, heavier orbiter for 30 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted October 13, 2009 The amazing part is they built a plane THAT big to carry their small orbiter but we've been using a regular old 747 with some reinforcements to do the job of carrying our larger, heavier orbiter for 30 years. there was the M-50 but it wasn't good for the task... btw, they didn't have such of thing like 747 in USSR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Growler67 0 Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) Their "Orbiter Mount" was a ruse, IMO. The payload would've allowed it to do something the west still cannot, deploy a significant number of MBT (T-80's) rapidly to a given theater of operations. Ours generally go by way of "slow boat" or rail (if able - but not to GET overseas). The massive Antonov can haul MBT's like nothing else can. BTW @ Paris, they had a mock-up mounted and not actually "the" orbiter. Edited October 13, 2009 by Growler67 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 14, 2009 I'm not saying that's the only thing it could do, just that I'm amazed they didn't just convert an An-124 to do it instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bwild 5 Posted October 14, 2009 I believe it was intended to also carry large parts of the Energiya, this being the reason for its size. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OvS 8 Posted October 14, 2009 I believe it was intended to also carry large parts of the Energiya, this being the reason for its size. Wow... you know, from my experiences with the 'heavies' at the airport, you can never really 'feel' how big a plane is until you have something to judge it by. Like the 747 for instance. You know it's huge, but your mind doens't grasp it until you see it from the back, heading down a taxiway, or your standing under the tail section looking up. Then suddenly it appears big. Same with the 225... up until I watched that clip of it flying at that airshow where it was doing a touch and go infront of the crowd could you really see just how big that plane is. Until it's next to something that gives your eye a reference point, you just can't grasp it. That plane is just massive... or ginormous (some kind of new word kids use in today's English language). It's a amazing that a matter of pure physics and a freak principle of nature called vacuum that enables something that enorums to get off the ground. Wow. I wonder what Orville and Wilbur would say if they could have seen that plane fly. OvS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derk 265 Posted October 15, 2009 I wonder what Orville and Wilbur would say if they could have seen that plane fly. "Wow, now our mothers in law can make a flight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hou doe, Derk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
macelena 1,070 Posted October 15, 2009 "Wow, now our mothers in law can make a flight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hou doe, Derk You gotta love your wife a lot, man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derk 265 Posted October 15, 2009 You gotta love your wife a lot, man I DO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (for more than 20 years and that includes three beautiful daughters !!) Hou doe, Derk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
