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Username: falstaff
Posted 2012-07-27 10:46:27 and read 6804 times.
Photo © Senior
I saw this photo and I wondered what is going on here. I assume this Tu-134 is going somewhere off of the airport, but to where and why?
Username: CALPSAFltSkeds
Posted 2012-07-27 13:07:25 and read 6558 times.
It appears to have a part of the tail missing, the top of the nose looks damaged and the wingtip looks damaged.
That's a large helicopter.
Username: rwy04lga
Posted 2012-07-27 13:21:08 and read 6515 times.
Quoting CALPSAFltSkeds (Reply 1):
That's a large helicopter.
A Mil Mi-8? Only a guess.
Username: ZANL188
Posted 2012-07-27 13:27:35 and read 6495 times.
Quoting rwy04lga (Reply 2):
A Mil Mi-8? Only a guess.
Much larger Mi-26 I think....
Username: rwy04lga
Posted 2012-07-27 13:32:54 and read 6472 times.
Quoting ZANL188 (Reply 3):
Much larger Mi-26 I think....
That's more like it. Thanks.
Username: Ychocky
Posted 2012-07-27 14:07:17 and read 6330 times.
Meanwhile in Russia...
Pretty unique image captured.
Username: falstaff
Posted 2012-07-27 15:06:16 and read 6185 times.
Quoting CALPSAFltSkeds (Reply 1):
It appears to have a part of the tail missing, the top of the nose looks damaged and the wingtip looks damaged
It does appear to be rather beatup. There are photos of it flying as recently as 2008. I was wondering if it was being moved to someplace for display or to be some sort of business.
Username: Viscount724
Posted 2012-07-27 15:18:26 and read 6150 times.
Quoting falstaff (Reply 6):
I was wondering if it was being moved to someplace for display
Another Tu-134 was moved by helicopter in 2009. From the video below it looks like it was being delivered for display at some off-airport site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nldByrGIC0
More photos of what appears to be that 2009 event here, as well as some older photos of other large Russian aircraft being lifted by helicopters.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...opter-airlifting-a-Tu-134-airliner
Username: hOmsaR
Posted 2012-07-28 06:58:37 and read 4910 times.
I thought it was just a clever attempt at saving fuel. The pax board the jet, and instead of starting up the jet engines, they hook them up to a helicopter and carry them to their destination.
Username: saafnav
Posted 2012-07-28 08:03:30 and read 4258 times.
Well, from the top of my head, it seems that the Tu-134 is being cargo slinged by a Mi-26!
The Mi-26 is really huge... Cargo capacity exceeding that of a C-130B. I've been up close and it is really astonishing.
Erich
Username: Ty134A
Posted 2012-07-28 10:20:55 and read 2904 times.
The Pulkovo 134 from the youtube video serves now as a trainer for special forces. They use it for anti terror training on the ground. I had the pleasure of riding this 134 twice... unfortunate faith now as a trainer...
The other one featured in the pic above is the one from Air Volga and formerly SU Don, in it's last months of operations it served for SU Nord. I know one of the (former TU3) navigators of SU Nord quite well, and he told me that this was the most worn down TU3 in whole Russia, having even trouble keeping the cabin pressurized. But other than her age, hell of a plane, can't break it! I don't know where it's going though.
They always take off the wingtips and the elevator for stability reasons.
There was also a TU3 carried with a Mi26 in Moldova, there are also pics of that, and I suppose a video as well.
As to the size of the Mi26- there is a video of one towing a Chinook... when I visited a National Air Guard Base in the US, the pilots and staff proudly told me that the Chinook is the largest helicopter in the world. Me mentioning the Mi26 was ignored.
Now look at that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5pqwFFik4
Username: FI642
Posted 2012-07-28 17:57:54 and read 2356 times.
No APU, so they're trying to air start it.
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