Big planes in Calgary

[takethebounce]

For anyone who missed the little bit of news today that the largest flying cargo aircraft in the world AN-225 was in Calgary today there a lot of photos of it.

 

[catinthehat]

Must be a delivery of Yamahas.

 

[Lowlife82]

Looks bada$$

 

[revbyu]

Must be a delivery of Yamahas.

And possibly the four stroke A/C

 

[medler]

Must be a delivery of Yamahas.

or belly dancers...

That thing is huge!!

 

[catinthehat]

or belly dancers...

That thing is huge!!

If they need that for belly dancers I don't think I want to see the show. ( shuddering )

 

[arff]

Did you get to go inside. Check out the cockpit?

You will have a nice view from the pilots seat.

 

[DaveB]

Very cool! Love the big planes! watched "Great Planes about the An 124 the other day. The AN 225 is based on the 124...2 more engines, and stretched fuse and wings. Only two were made and only one flies today.....very neat stuff.

 

[High Velocity]

Must be a delivery of Yamahas.

By using that plane, they're able to ship four Yammies at once. A new record !!

 

[takethebounce]

Did you get to go inside. Check out the cockpit?

You will have a nice view from the pilots seat.

I have been inside the 124. There isn't a huge difference. Like Dave mentioned, its based on the same platform aircraft, although the 225 doesn't have a back door through which cargo can be loaded through, tanks driven through, and so on.


With 88.5 meter wing span its quite apparent at first how large it actually is. (about 20 meters more than the new Boeing 747-800) Then it just becomes another big plane after you are used to looking at it.

The split vertical stabilizer is quite amazing in comparrison to other aircraft tails.

 

[Summitric]

What were they transporting??

 

[Summiteer]

Rita MacNeil?

 

[RXN]

And that thing flys????

FN amazing. thats a lot of tonnage just hanging in the air.

Imagine flying the damn thing.

 

[DaveB]

What were they transporting??

According to the news, it was natural gas plant equipment for Enerflex going to Nigeria.

 

[DaveB]

A few pics from the net...

 

[eclipse1966]

Very cool! Love the big planes! watched "Great Planes about the An 124 the other day. The AN 225 is based on the 124...2 more engines, and stretched fuse and wings. Only two were made and only one flies today.....very neat stuff.

I watched the same show. They are awesome. Just found out today my parents are flying from Frankfurt to Miami in the new Airbus A380. I am so jealous!!! I watched them come in at London Heathrow and they are massive! Very cool to watch that big bird land and take off!

 

[aircanam]

I flew the A380 from London to Dubai, that plane is amazing. So much more room than anything else I have flown on. Those Russians know how to make a plane, in 06 I was in Tarin Kowt Afghanistan, it had a dirt strip that sloped. We had an Antanov 124 approach from the wrong direction and realize it at the last second, he dropped the plane onto the runway.....literally from about 250ft above to make the landing (alternative was trying to stay airborne and avoid the large mountain). Blew a tire on landing, skidded off the runway and clipped a wall with the wing. Crazy pilots fixed it by the next morning and were gone. Pretty sure it was bubble gum and duct tape used in the repair though............

 

[team dirt]

Ya enerflex was shipping a compressor to Nigeria. My buddy works at Enerflex and was there helping load it. He sent me this pic yesterday.

 

[TylerG]

That is really cool, did not see that on the news but will have to look for the footage of it when I get home.

 

[takethebounce]

I have pics of me in the first class section of the A380, also in the flight deck, crew bunks, and so on. The sign on the first class shower saying "maximum 2 occupants" is quite funny


You can see the new control tower that will be completed sometime before 2015 at around 300 feet tall in the last of Dave's pics.


team dirt - your buddy, no safety vest...