Planes
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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 -
@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.jpgRandom useless fact , Russians consider light blue and dark blue to be different colours and don’t have a word for blue in their language
Russian speakers get the blues
Subjects had to pick which one of the two bottom squares matched the colour of the top square. (Credit: Winawer et al./PNAS) The language you speak can affect how you see the world, a new study of colour perception indicates. Native speakers of Russian – which lacks a single word for "blue" –...
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