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AN-225 To Come To LHR!?

EZYAirbus From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 2451 posts, RR: 53
Posted (5 years 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2510 times:

The new model being built for the vacant spot where the model concorde once stood at LHR is almost complete in California, the model measures 80ft long and 88ft wide, the model is of an Emirates A380

The model is to fly Los Angeles-Ontario-London, the model is 1/3 of the size of a real A380 and is so big it needs to be transported inside an AN-226

more can be found here:
http://www.uk-airport-news.info/heathrow-airport-news-160608b.htm

Glenn

Bollocks!

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Rivet42 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 817 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (5 years 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2457 times:

Quoting EZYAirbus (Thread starter):
is so big it needs to be transported inside an AN-226

...which itself hasn't even been built yet!!!

Hm, I'm sure you meant an An-225.

Can't wait to see that landing at LHR on 3rd or 4th July...

Riv'

I travel, therefore I am.

AA61Hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59
Reply 2, posted (5 years 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2448 times:

Quoting EZYAirbus (Thread starter):
Los Angeles-Ontario-London,

When they say Ontario they mean ONT, that is the closet airport to where the model is being built. I don't see an AN225 flying LAX-ONT-LHR

Go big or go home

Rivet42 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 817 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (5 years 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2386 times:

... here's the original article - San Bernadino Sun.

They do say it will travel from the workshop via LA/Ontario International to Heathrow, which means I guess it will almost certainly arrive on 4th. No mention of a stop in Canada... confused

Riv'

I travel, therefore I am.

Spottingpete93 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2006, 68 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 days ago) and read 2124 times:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the EK model will be delivered in an AN-124 instead of an AN-225.

The slots are already cleared for an AN-124 to arrive at LHR on 4th July from ONT and depart on the 5th July to HHN!

Still...it will be good to see a large Russian freighter at LHR even if its not the "big one"!

Bongodog1964 From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2006, 3046 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (5 years 22 hours ago) and read 1837 times:

80 feet long x 88 feet wingspan is nowhere near the size of a 737 as the article states. A 738 is around 120 feet long with a span of 112 feet, or 118 feet with winglets

Using an AN124 seems an expensive way of transporting a model aeroplane from LA to LHR. One might suggest that it would have been less expensive to have built it in the UK or Europe and trucked it to LHR, or to have started a bit earlier and used surface trransport.

UMYTBNEXT From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 7 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (4 years 11 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1528 times:

The AN-124 was there on Tuesday, but left sometime Tuesday night. Does anyone know if it will be back to pick up the A380 model on July 3, or was it already on board?

Please don't ask me to explain my username again . . .

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