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RIP the "dream" plane
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David Hess:

--- Quote from: langwadt on February 28, 2022, 06:03:26 pm ---and afaik the first one was only pulled out of storage and certified for flight after Antonov saw a need for something bigger than their An-124, they worked on finishing the second one some 15 years ago but stopped again
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I saw the AN-124 back in 1988 and it was impressive enough:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air/Space_America_88

The Boeing STOL YC-14 was more amazing to watch though.  It took off and reached operating altitude within the length of the runway.
james_s:

--- Quote from: David Hess on April 12, 2022, 06:01:54 pm ---I saw the AN-124 back in 1988 and it was impressive enough:

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I have seen several Volga Dnepr AN-124's fly directly over my house at about 5,000 feet as I'm right under one of the approach paths to Sea-Tac airport. I didn't know what it was until I looked at the flightradar24 app but I knew it was something BIG, the rumble rattled the walls.
cdev:
Were they Ukrainian planes? I doubt if Russian aircraft are flying to the US right now, due to the current situation. But I could see Ukrainian planes flying here, perhaps to bring refugees here. Or to Canada.  Seattle would make sense as a destination, though, from the Eurasian continent. I am reminded of Fort Ross which is a park and historical monument on the Mendocino coast of California. Fort Ross in the past was an Imperial Russian outpost where the Tsar, (yes, its that old) had setup to trade with Native Americans for furs.

If any body is visiting the North Coast (of Calif) as a tourist its an interesting place to see. It dates back to the 19th century and its in quite good shape and well restored to the way it was then. I visited it in around 2006, it seems like it was only yesterday. I took lots of photos, thats probably why my memory of it is fresh.
cdev:
I just posted a link to this, I should remove that post..

https://simpleflying.com/russian-volga-dnepr-antonov-an-124-impounded-canada/

Looks like its ultimate destination was Canada. where it was held up.
james_s:
The last time one flew over was 6+ months ago so the current situation is irrelevant to that.
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