albob

For anybody in the Manchester area

Looks like the Antonov is paying a visit to Manchester tomorrow !!!

From the Manchester Airport site --

"....Mon 24th



Antonov Airlines
One-off Charter
Arr: 10:00 - Antonov An-225 one-off cargo charter

Tue 25th



Antonov Airlines
One-off Charter
Dep: 09:00 - Antonov An-225 one-off cargo charter...."

Tidgy

see it regularly at est mids as far as im aware

Oldun

Thanks for the info, if the wind is an easterly it will fly over where I live.

albob

Oh -- and here's me thinking it was a rare sight .......!

Oldun

It's still an awesome sight, rare or not

Tidgy

hehe, ups use it iirc, not sure how often nowadays though

Oldun

For those that wonder what the fuss is about, here is the plane in Manchester a few years ago.

BULLITT

Basically, it's fecking massive! Lol

You'd be a bit annoyed if you'd left an open packet of skittles in the cockpit when it's opened up to load lol

dpb

It's none too pretty from the front.!

chopperman

General characteristics

Crew: 6
Length: 84 m (275 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 88.4 m (290 ft 0 in)
Height: 18.1 m (59 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 905 m2 (9,740 sq ft)
Aspect ratio: 8.6
Empty weight: 285,000 kg (628,317 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 640,000 kg (1,410,958 lb)
Fuel capacity: 300000 kg
Cargo hold – volume 1,300m3, length 43.35m, width 6.4m, height 4.4m
Powerplant: 6 × ZMKB Progress D-18 turbofans, 229.5 kN (51,600 lbf) thrust each

Performance

Maximum speed: 850 km/h (528 mph; 459 kn)
Cruising speed: 800 km/h (497 mph; 432 kn)
Range: 15,400 km (9,569 mi; 8,315 nmi) with maximum fuel; range with maximum payload: 4,000 km (2,500 mi)
Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
Wing loading: 662.9 kg/m² (135.8 lb/sq ft)
Thrust/weight: 0.234

Awesome is a word used far to often, but this truly is.

dpb

Where would it stop on the way to lagos...

The Trooper 1815

iTrader: (31)

One of these throttled up on the runway parallel to the M1 as I came off the A42/M1 sliproad once , I had not seen how close the East Midlands runway was. But FMOB's it nearly caused me to soil my Y fronts.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

iTrader: (14)

Superb piece of kit, why do the Russians build this so huge, their submarines always amaze me too

Dan-

Awesome!!
who from here is heading to Riat next month? Royol international air tattoo at RAF Fairford, ive been for the last 6 years and love it every single time!

Skoobie Dhu

iTrader: (3)

If it was the 225, there is only one....there is a 2nd one that's been part built for about 25 years but has never been completed. I always assumed there was a fleet of the 225 aircraft, I was surprised to find out there's only 1.
There's about 30 or so of the smaller 4 engined 124 in service.

Oldun

It didn't fly my way today
But tomorrow it should fly near my pad at 10.00am, fingers crossed.

Here it is today...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....ntonov-4705599