Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan - Volga-Dnepr Airlines | Aviation Photo #0952832

Anonymous

17 years ago

Oh my!... What a great moment to get this shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Very hard landing, great shot!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nicely captured in a thrilling moment!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow!!! looks awesome, wish i would have been there

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wing down would be the standard landing procedure under crosswind, pls note the a/c is level.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Awesome

Anonymous

17 years ago

See... it's dancing

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow, great pic Teemu and great landing captain!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow... That babe truely was in danger.. great~!

Anonymous

17 years ago

"rudder, RUDDER!" Great shot. I guess you can really do the "wind down" technique in these can't you!

Anonymous

17 years ago

What a brilliant photo.. Right place.. right time... I think the PIC will have a shot or two of Vodka to calm his nerves...

Anonymous

17 years ago

Awesome moment and photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Full Marks to Captain!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Looks a bit scary... But great shot! :)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Spectacular ground shot.

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW! WOW! WOW! I love crosswind landing shots and I love the An124. This shot combines both! Great job! Tony

Anonymous

17 years ago

One of the best shots I've seen of this aircraft, good work!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great Photo, I love those big planes!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nicely captured in a thrilling moment!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

I like Antonovs and the crosswind sure moved it!

Anonymous

17 years ago

What a great shot.....showing the main strong landing gears supporting the whole Antonov.......

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

Big transports have c hallenging landings too.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Most dramatic crosswind landing shot I've seen! Perfect timing, Teemu! Looks like the forward gear will touch way before the left main gear!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Gr8 pic

Anonymous

17 years ago

Very good !. So, each main gear has to be calculated to resist the impact of the landing individually, isn't it ?

Anonymous

17 years ago

Oh, cool!!! strong crosswind can't make the pilots give up the game...

Anonymous

17 years ago

Beautiful!!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Fantastic shot love the 124

Anonymous

17 years ago

Right moment!
Riht place!

BIG PLANE and BIG SHOT!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Lucky shot.

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is what i call a moment of suspense ... great foto

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great shot! The Anhedral (?) on the wings makes the whole a/c look like its more tilted than it actually is!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Firstly, this is a giant aircraft, almost as big as the A380. The Antonov 124 is a versatile aeroplane and I'm sure this landing on such a low landing gear did not cause much discomfort to the crew....great photo for viewing though.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great Picture Teemu

Anonymous

17 years ago

Hats off to the Captain!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Look Ma, right landing gear first!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Must have been a very strong wind to tilt this big beauty! Great shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Getting a crosswind of such a heavy and great plane does not much seem to be familiar

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW!!!! I love these wings at this aircraft and then this perfect shot in the right moment of this great touch down. Simply fantastic!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Just thinking of the film about emperor penguins ...

Anonymous

17 years ago

Bad conditions, but this is a great shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

It's great it looks like it's going to crash

Anonymous

17 years ago

The distance between No4 engine and the ground!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice shot, perfect timing. Respect!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Take it easy man!

Great photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice shot. How do you feel about the "feeling" of the wheelsssssssss !!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Engine strike in 3....2.....1 phew! close one. Good timing on the photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow, the cross wind is strong enough to push her aside! Good one!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Awesome picture. Please explain to me the wind down procedure. What exactly do you mean?

Anonymous

17 years ago

The wing almost touched the ground. WOW!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Is this an acrobatic exercise??? :-)))

Anonymous

17 years ago

Impressive photo.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Hopi bon, means great. nice shot !!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Hey... we need to land BOTH sides of this giant!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Iiiiiiihaaaa!!! Other crazy pilot.

Anonymous

17 years ago

What's with all these crazy landings in AN-124s recently?! Great shot of a rare moment!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Always safety! safety!
nice photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Sow?!

sure, nice photo, but what's the big deal!
as the guy from finland posted earlier, such airplanes sometimes need to land 'wingdown' in harsh conditions.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Russian bird like a dancing.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great picture! I believe the pilot was very profesional.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great clear shot.Very tidy Aircraft.I'm Glad it's not me trying to contend with crosswinds and a wet track.

Anonymous

17 years ago

The teacher order; one leg up.....

Anonymous

17 years ago

I drink to that landing (Vodka)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Good, whole wings are on the pic, but only 50% of the wheels toched down

Anonymous

16 years ago

What a perfect timing! Harri

Anonymous

16 years ago

Nice shot...

Anonymous

16 years ago

Crazy landing... But beautiful photo :)

Anonymous

16 years ago

Bad example to younger pilot's to be.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Nice landing:)

Anonymous

16 years ago

This IS how you land in crosswind, you #%!* fence huggers!! Text book stuff. Nice shot.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great landing...Antonov 124 is a great plane :)

Anonymous

16 years ago

Bravo

Anonymous

15 years ago

Beautiful delicately-controlled landing in extremely difficult conditions. Reminds me a little of the dancing hippos doing ballet in Fantasia!

Anonymous

14 years ago

First quality photo.Amazing and beautifull plane too.If more cleaver we'll support Russia making more like that.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Ever see something this big doing ballet? Awesome photo!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Holy cow!

Anonymous

13 years ago

I've never seen an aircraft "break wind" before!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Next time put the ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System) to this aircraft and everything will be fine!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Big bird!!!

wiggy

188 Victoria, Australia

4 years ago

nose gear first

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