N328KF From United States, joined May 2004, 5618 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 8032 times:
Quoting Fbm3rd (Reply 2): Its a 6 engine plane on its way to Tanzania with a electric power station for delivery.. not A380 nor B747....
Oh, General Electric has a major turbine plant (both power systems and aircraft engines) at RDU. I guess that makes sense. 6 engines == An-225 Cossack.
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FRAspotter From United States, joined May 2004, 1860 posts, RR: 8 Reply 11, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 7867 times:
Quoting Beech19 (Reply 5): I think they did complete the second one didn't they?
I don't think so. I remember reading that the second one had been under construction since the late 80's or early 90's, but that construction was halted for many years. If it did get finished, don't you think that at least SOMEONE on a.net would have heard about it and started a thread?
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BOE773 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 7797 times:
I doubt if the world will ever see another 6 engined megalifter like the AN225.
Hopefully she remains in service for a long time as I'm a fan of her.
With the engines that are available today, 6 are not needed.
Is there any way for a normal human to get this kind on information easily? It would seem like this guy would really get around, yet if it ever makes it to SAT I don't see how I'll ever know about it.
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Go3Team From United States, joined Mar 2004, 3048 posts, RR: 32 Reply 16, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 7189 times:
I'm highly annoyed I couldn't be there to see it. RDU is only a few hours away, but it looks like it would have been tough to get there with the way they reported the traffic trying to get it.
LTBEWR From United States, joined Jan 2004, 9375 posts, RR: 7 Reply 17, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 7159 times:
Quoting CasInterest (Reply 15): Well here is the writeup from the News & Observer in Raleigh, with Pics.
AN-225 Lands at RDU
Very good story and pics about this aircarft and it's visit. I didn't realize that being a crew on this aircraft was like being on a water ship, in that you are often away from home for months at a time, doing your job. More amazing is that RDU (at least as to this aircraft) is spotter friendly, especially in this case.
747hogg From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 7029 times:
Saw this tiny thing at Williams Gateway Airport near Phoenix 2 years ago, it was hauling some giant transformers for the power co. in Phoenix. To say it's big is an understatement! "WTF IS THAT" is what most people say as their jaws drop! Just the most enormous plane that will ever fly, makes the C5-A and 747 on the ramp look normal.
BigJimFX From United States, joined Jun 2005, 321 posts, RR: 1 Reply 25, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3811 times:
Most of the jet's 21 crew members disembarked with their suitcases and left for a 12-hour rest at a nearby motel. They were due to take off at midnight, with Wild among them.
I think this is a 12-hr Walmart raid. Do you know how much jeans costing 20 bucks here can fetch in Russia or the Ukraine. I've heard one guy actually bought a car 'cash' to take back home!
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26 Afay1: Those apocryphal stories about jeans are about 15 years out-of-date, which is also the last time Ukraine had a "the" before it. While they are probabl
27 Concentriq: You are joking, right? I take it you havent been there.
28 Concentriq: I second your thoughts SATX. how can mere mortals knows this info?
29 Philb: By having contacts in the industry. Currently the aircraft is on the ground at SNN. It arrived at SNN at 14.06 local this afternoon after being delaye
30 Theweave33: I was once in a terminal at ORD where a 747 was parked near by and a group of people were amazed to see, as they described, the new A380 sitting righ
31 JayDavis: Speaking of carrying things back with them. I had a chance this year to go aboard the private 747-400 that a prince in Saudi Arabia owns, while it was
32 SATX: Having this thing do a barrel roll while circling the Tower of the Americas is pretty much the only way a complete novice like me is going to get a p
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