Worlds largest airplane in Calary tommorrow.

[Scotty P.]

Antanov 225. Should be in at 7am for 5 hours or so for those intersted.

[greylynx]

Do you know where is heading to this time around?

Usually gas plant stuff is being hauled.

[just_dave]

Air train. They should just invent one already.

[ÜberFly]

Really! I didn't think we had the runway length for a plane that big and I thought is was the reason why they were building another runway...

[Jack&7]

Antanov 225. Should be in at 7am for 5 hours or so for those intersted.

You didn't say where!!!













...just kidding.

[ccmckee]

The north south runway at calgray is one of the longest in Canada lots of room for the big guys.

[BGSH]

Such a beautiful plane.

[Bushmaster]

There was just a special on this plane on the tube yesterday. She's a monster.

[insurgus]

Does anyone know what time it lands?

[sewerrat]

Hope the plane runs over them damn United airlines planes with all their nasty bitchiest stuwardeses in them.

Sorry still need to vent..:fighting0074:

[Ruger1022]

Antanov 225. Should be in at 7am for 5 hours or so for those intersted.

Does anyone know what time it lands?

:snapoutofit::)

[insurgus]

:snapoutofit::)

The landing has been delayed and updated a few times. Current expectation at YYC is 9:15AM landing on 16/34.

[Ruger1022]

The landing has been delayed and updated a few times. Current expectation at YYC is 9:15AM landing on 16/34.

Lol, I never get to dish it out so I took advantage!!:fighting0074:
I was working with front row seats for its landing last time that thing rolled through. It boggles my mind how that thing takes off!!

[Goater]

Found this info lookin around.
It was supposed to land last Sunday!
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=80104&start=25
This tracker is cool.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB1248/history/20120312/1400ZZ/KMSP/KMWH
http://media.desura.com/images/members/1/397/396533/antonov225faci1.jpg

[Dark]

Found this info lookin around.
It was supposed to land last Sunday!
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=80104&start=25
This tracker is cool.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB1248/history/20120312/1400ZZ/KMSP/KMWH
http://media.desura.com/images/members/1/397/396533/antonov225faci1.jpg

Me thinks that pic is photo shopped

[Ruger1022]

Me thinks that pic is photo shopped

Lol, it has 6 engines, thats a funny pic though!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO-YLIj_xwo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[greylynx]

The last time those guys landed in Edmonton they were looking for handouts and saying they had not been paid in months.

It will interesting to see if they play the same trick in Calgary.

[CNP]

YYC runway 16/34 is 12,675’ long

AN-225 requirements:
Runway required T/O 10,499’ at MTOW.
Runway required Ldg 10,499’ at MLW.

MAXIMUM TAKE-OFF WEIGHT IS AN ASTOUNDING 1,322,700 LBS

Lots enough runway length at YYC.
Runway length requirements vary on an aircraft subject to weight, temperature, elevation....etc.

"The" AN-225 is an amazing airplane...so are AN-124s We moved the greatest percentage of heavy cargo out of Kandahar (when we pulled out at the end of 2011) using AN-124s. Used our own C-17s to a lesser extent...

[greylynx]

Me thinks that pic is photo shopped

That must me the new Canadian Avro Arrow.

Now everyone in Canada will be happy happy

[alacringa]

Antanov 225. Should be in at 7am for 5 hours or so for those intersted.

Crap, I'd like to take the kids to watch that thing land. Too late to plan a field trip, though.

[gpgriz]

Really! I didn't think we had the runway length for a plane that big and I thought is was the reason why they were building another runway...

With absolutly nothing to back it up...

When I was a youth growing up in Calgry, I'd heard that the Calgry Internat Airport was an alternate landing site for the space shuttle.

FWIW

[greylynx]

As for runways, I miss my runways at Namao. Both runways with compaction standards that far exceeded what was needed to land a space shuttle.

The long runway was 147,000 feet

The Namao airstrips. Ripped up by former Liberal Anne McLellan and her henchman.

[superrampie]

The Runway at Namao is still there it just happens that there is two regiments and a battalion on it now so not so good for landing.

Also if i recall correctly Calgary has the longest active runway in Canada. Heard it was built to compensate for high density altitude that can occur in the summer.

[alacringa]

As for runways, I miss my runways at Namao. Both runways with compaction standards that far exceeded what was needed to land a space shuttle.

The long runway was 147,000 feet

The Namao airstrips. Ripped up by former Liberal Anne McLellan and her henchman.

I think you have an extra zero, there, greylynx. 147 000 feet would be crazy long!

[Ruger1022]

FYI The new runway being built in YYC will be 14,000ft the longest in Canada, only about 1500ft longer than the existing runway in YYC.

[greylynx]

I think you have an extra zero, there, greylynx. 147 000 feet would be crazy long!

Thank you.
By golly that is really long.

I used to watch D10's with the back digger teeth trying to pry up those runways.

I do not know how much of that Namao runway has been ripped up but there are many people who think that wonderful piece of engineering should not have been torn up because there was a liberal MP in Edmonton and the Calgary folks were going to be punished by having the great PPLI moved out of your great city.

Does anyone else have more information on those Namao runways?

147,000 feet Yikes.

Thanks again Al.

[Neil Waugh]

Had a Ukrainian one at the Edmonton air show a few years back before the Garrison and it was still a Herc base.
Right after Ukraine went independent. The tires on it were like onion skins. Pretty darn scary. It had this weird titanium deck in the cargo area that sagged when you walked on it.

[sewerrat]

I flew into yyc on a KLM 747 once, but those things don't even land here anymore either, or havn't seen one here for a long time.

Saw quite a few in Houston last week though?

Wunder if the Dreamliner 787 will ever show up here.

[220swifty]

Does anyone know if it's flight path takes it over Airdrie?

[CNP]

Thank you.
By golly that is really long.

I used to watch D10's with the back digger teeth trying to pry up those runways.

I do not know how much of that Namao runway has been ripped up but there are many people who think that wonderful piece of engineering should not have been torn up because there was a liberal MP in Edmonton and the Calgary folks were going to be punished by having the great PPLI moved out of your great city.

Does anyone else have more information on those Namao runways?

147,000 feet Yikes.

Thanks again Al.
I work at 408 Sqn. Don't need much of a runway lol. The runway is not ripped up...unuseable though.

[greylynx]

I work at 408 Sqn. Don't need much of a runway lol. The runway is not ripped up...unuseable though.

408

WOW

Are we going to see any Chinooks flying around Edmonton in the future?

I remember watching the Chinooks that were sold to the Dutch practicing with orange nets full of tires in the Redwater practice area.

I sort of miss the airforce around Edmonton.

[CNP]

Are we going to see any Chinooks flying around Edmonton in the future?

Basing them here is not in the plan..........plans change though. Even still, a det would operate here regularly.

[rwm1273]

Had a Ukrainian one at the Edmonton air show a few years back before the Garrison and it was still a Herc base.
Right after Ukraine went independent. The tires on it were like onion skins. Pretty darn scary. It had this weird titanium deck in the cargo area that sagged when you walked on it.

1992 was more than a few years ago. I remember the floor being so flimsy too, and the hydraulic accumulators every 10 feet down the cargo hold filled with what looked like lemon aid.

At that airshow, there was some crazy guy who was caught trying to beat on the aircraft with a hammer.

Those Ukrainians stayed for nearly 2 months, and I remember buying the beers at the mess. When they did leave, we pumped in 2 and a half trucks of fuel, and it was not even close to being full.

[KWO]

Does anyone know if it's flight path takes it over Airdrie?

My guess is that it depends on wind direction. They typically route traffic to land and take off into the wind. Assuming they will use the north/south runway, if the wind is coming from the south then their flight path should bring them in over Airdrie.

[hassihand]

Wow, they're really getting around these days (as the Antonov always does). Just a few days ago we had it here in Hassi Messaoud, Algeria bringing in some oilfield equipment. Talk about an expensive hot shot (1/2 million for this one)!

I didn't get to see it though as I was stuck on the runway in Algiers for 3 hours before being told "we can't fly to Hassi because there's no room to park the plane"...at the time we all thought it was some usual BS excuse but looks like they were telling the truth this time!

[slivers86]

This is exciting... I'll be en route to edmonton to pick some stuff up, might not get to see it :)

Hope the plane runs over them damn United airlines planes with all their nasty bitchiest stuwardeses in them.

Sorry still need to vent..:fighting0074:

United lost my bags, and than tried to blame it on me and my gf... i have no sympathy for those retards. I hope they go bankrupt one day. Biggest joke - the reviews I read on US airways were trash - i flew with them - outstanding... try them next big trip ;)

I flew into yyc on a KLM 747 once, but those things don't even land here anymore either, or havn't seen one here for a long time.

Saw quite a few in Houston last week though?

Wunder if the Dreamliner 787 will ever show up here.

I flew into calgary with klm and pretty sure it was a 747 in september.

[Ruger1022]

There was a 747-8F in town last night aswell, I'll try and post a pic of it later.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Driving through Airdrie....just saw the beast!

LC

[220swifty]

Driving through Airdrie....just saw the beast!

LC

We must have been close in traffic. It looked big until I saw a 727 on the same flight path, then it looked huge!

[Yéil]

The Antonov used to fly into Trenton on a weekly supply run...they dwarf the Hercs and Globemasters...

We even had a few bouncy type landings and not quite clearing the fencing episodes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V1dVpncW0Y

http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1008438

Hope they get out of Calgary without incident.

[Ruger1022]

From work this morning...
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/417116_10151408190670271_698830270_23639726_213840 8343_n.jpg

and the 747-8F from last night...HUGE

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/422029_10150741313080390_592725389_12107737_957803 087_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/420064_10150741312935390_592725389_12107735_544316 495_n.jpg

cheaped out on GE engines..
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/423924_10150741312585390_592725389_12107733_137918 3730_n.jpg

[marlin1]

couldn't see anything from my work in the NE . too far north I guess . Anyone know when take off is?

[fishstix]

As for runways, I miss my runways at Namao. Both runways with compaction standards that far exceeded what was needed to land a space shuttle.

The long runway was 147,000 feet

The Namao airstrips. Ripped up by former Liberal Anne McLellan and her henchman.

I think you mean 14700. Actually 16404' but whos counting.

[greylynx]

I think you mean 14700. Actually 16404' but whos counting.

Thank you Fishstix.

I knew she was a long one.

Cheers

[Bound2Fish]

Caught a glimpse of it from the NE, that beast sure is loud.

Anyone know when it will be taking off from Calgary?

[Chomack]

They have been updating on Facebook through the Calgary Airport account. It says 3:00pm now. So you have an hour to get over that way if you want to see it take off. I can't imagine how cool that would be.

[just_dave]

I bet it crashes on takeoff. Don't get in its crash path.

[FishingMOM]

I bet it crashes on takeoff. Don't get in its crash path.

Now why would you bet that this aircraft crashes?

[just_dave]

Now why would you bet that this aircraft crashes?

I thought I'd just throw it out there, and if it happened, I'd look like I knew what I was talking about. And if I was wrong, I would just ignore this thread.

[CaberTosser]

I thought I'd just throw it out there, and if it happened, I'd look like I knew what I was talking about. And if I was wrong, I would just ignore this thread.

I suppose that would be one way to say "I told you so" just prior to being questioned at length by an alphabet soup of government agencies.:sHa_sarcasticlol:

[Yéil]

I think JD might not be that far off... the guys that pilot those aircraft are known for being loose cannons...

they lit a BBQ on one of their flights...in the cargo compartment...

then in 2007:

On Jan. 15, CFB Trenton staff prevented the takeoff of an ice-covered IL-76 from Silk Way Airlines, based in Azerbaijan.

Capt. Richard Dumais, 8 Wing Trenton's deputy operations officer, wrote a one-page message to base operations staff, calling the Silk Way crew's behaviour "frankly foolish" and unprofessional.

"It is obvious that the IL-76 crews cannot be trusted when it comes to flight safety," wrote Dumais.

"As professionals we are to be sure that these cowboys of the sky will not jeopardize personnel safety on or off this base," he wrote. "Yesterday was a sad display of aviation intelligence ... We could have had an airline-size accident on our hands today."

Silk Way conducted an internal review; at the company's insistence, a copy of it was included in the DND's response to The Intelligencer information request.

It said the crew was suspended temporarily and would be given more training on flight regulations.

[darius]

I thought I'd just throw it out there, and if it happened, I'd look like I knew what I was talking about. And if I was wrong, I would just ignore this thread.

ha ha !

[darius]

Now why would you bet that this aircraft crashes?

you should be farmiliar with fear mongering posts ?!

[Nester]

Haha..too funny there Darius..

[JB_AOL]

dammit.. I was too busy to check this thing out.. Would've been awesome to see it land/takeoff.

[Chomack]

48730

48731

Friend of mine took a few. Lighting wasn't that good but he went for both landing and takeoff.

[ducky_hunter]

that was a BIG N

[GunnerySgtJackson]

1992 was more than a few years ago. I remember the floor being so flimsy too, and the hydraulic accumulators every 10 feet down the cargo hold filled with what looked like lemon aid.

At that airshow, there was some crazy guy who was caught trying to beat on the aircraft with a hammer.

Those Ukrainians stayed for nearly 2 months, and I remember buying the beers at the mess. When they did leave, we pumped in 2 and a half trucks of fuel, and it was not even close to being full.

I was at that airshow with a SAR helo. I walked past the Antonov crew in the barracks who were eating their complimentary airshow fruit basket....Holy crow!...they were hungry! We gave them our left over beer when we departed at the end of the show.

[rwm1273]

I was at that airshow with a SAR helo. I walked past the Antonov crew in the barracks who were eating their complimentary airshow fruit basket....Holy crow!...they were hungry! We gave them our left over beer when we departed at the end of the show.

That year was really a big first for Russian aircraft. The AN 124 came over first, and brought over 2 MIG 29 aircraft and all their support equipment. Then the AN225 came over. It was really cool to see that stuff, and I got to look all over those aircraft.

Those Ukrainian pilots told me in their really broken english that they had not been paid in a very long time. They were very thankful when someone bought them drinks or even food.

[GunnerySgtJackson]

That year was really a big first for Russian aircraft. The AN 124 came over first, and brought over 2 MIG 29 aircraft and all their support equipment. Then the AN225 came over. It was really cool to see that stuff, and I got to look all over those aircraft.

Those Ukrainian pilots told me in their really broken english that they had not been paid in a very long time. They were very thankful when someone bought them drinks or even food.

Tough motherfreckers! Some time after that show, at a International winter Sarex I gave my leatherman to a russian pararescueman. He was absolutely fascinated with it. He made me take his pocket knife in exchange. I swear you can still smell herring on it! My Sartech partner (the infamous Jim B.) gave him several pairs of wool socks as he was jumping barefoot in his boots. Canadians would strap on a penetration kit or sarpel, the russian would strap on a doctor and jump with him! Good times! :)

[greylynx]

Tough motherfreckers! Some time after that show, at a International winter Sarex I gave my leatherman to a russian pararescueman. He was absolutely fascinated with it. He made me take his pocket knife in exchange. I swear you can still smell herring on it! My Sartech partner (the infamous Jim B.) gave him several pairs of wool socks as he was jumping barefoot in his boots. Canadians would strap on a penetration kit or sarpel, the russian would strap on a doctor and jump with him! Good times! :)

Was Jim B. the walking fire hydrant with a Lanny McDonald mustache, or was that you?

In Russia, doctors are not valued as high as they are in North America. I will bet you that Russian guy would not have jumped with an engineer.

Thanks for the story.

Cheers.

[moreammo]

The Anatanov 225 fly over north Edmonton at approx 2016 hrs

[Matt L.]

Pretty cool. We've had the biggest(one of at least) chopper back home in Whitecourt a few times.

[Erie]

YYC runway 16/34 is 12,675’ long

AN-225 requirements:
Runway required T/O 10,499’ at MTOW.
Runway required Ldg 10,499’ at MLW.

MAXIMUM TAKE-OFF WEIGHT IS AN ASTOUNDING 1,322,700 LBS

Lots enough runway length at YYC.
Runway length requirements vary on an aircraft subject to weight, temperature, elevation....etc.

"The" AN-225 is an amazing airplane...so are AN-124s We moved the greatest percentage of heavy cargo out of Kandahar (when we pulled out at the end of 2011) using AN-124s. Used our own C-17s to a lesser extent...


Flyer?

[GunnerySgtJackson]

Was Jim B. the walking fire hydrant with a Lanny McDonald mustache, or was that you?

In Russia, doctors are not valued as high as they are in North America. I will bet you that Russian guy would not have jumped with an engineer.

Thanks for the story.

Cheers.

Greylynx, I'm thinking a fire hydrant (if it is a huge hydrant!) with a "Lanny" would be a guy we called "Big G". Another legend! He use to take one last draw on his smoke and throw the butt out the back of the Herc then jump after it....