Planes
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I did my instrument rating at Canterbury aero club and they used to have the C5's next door, before they went down to the ice. Yep, they land them at Williams - McMurdo.
With the nose open it felt like I could have taxied a Piper Archer right through the things ( I couldn't, and didn't try).
The cargo hold is also just a bit longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
I remember loading one of those things with a CAT, a Huey and a few other things after only ever working on Hercs (and the odd Andover & 727) I couldn't stop laughing at all the space. I had previously loaded a Starlifter C141(?) and that was massive compared to a Herc.
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@Hooroo Yes, Starlifter is C141, and what they usually took down to the ice. Galaxy was only once or twice a year I think.
Have seen the big Antonovs at various places around the world. The AN124 a few times, the AN225 only once and that was years ago - not even sure if it still flies (think they only built one)? The 124 is seriously big but the 225 is ridiculous.
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@Machpants said in Planes:
@Snowy They delivered a couple of Tornados to the Falklands whilst I was there, very impressive!
In the 225? I have just learned that they did only build one of them and it was to launch the Russian space shuttle thing like NASA used to do with a 747.
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@Machpants said in Planes:
@Snowy They delivered a couple of Tornados to the Falklands whilst I was there, very impressive!
In the 225? I have just learned that they did only build one of them and it was to launch the Russian space shuttle thing like NASA used to do with a 747.
No I think it was the 124
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Gotta love the Soviet cockpit (and tank etc) internal colour scheme, everything is this colour
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Polet_Antonov_An-124_cockpit_Pashnin.jpg
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@Machpants said in Planes:
Gotta love the Soviet cockpit (and tank etc) internal colour scheme, everything is this colour
Haha. Love it. Assume it was supposed to be - calming, or something? Or they just bought baby blue in bulk for a good price., bright red might have been more appropriate - angry Russians going to war.
The two little black bits (at the front) for people who are actually driving the thing and are supposed to see out of...nice design. It is actually is a bit tank like.
The other four people that were in control of the circuit breakers (and probably vodka) seem to have a nice job. Read a book, listen to some music, comfy chair.
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@Machpants said in Planes:
Gotta love the Soviet cockpit (and tank etc) internal colour scheme, everything is this colour
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Polet_Antonov_An-124_cockpit_Pashnin.jpg
Random useless fact , Russians consider light blue and dark blue to be different colours and don’t have a word for blue in their language
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