Antonov An-225 Mriya

GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
edited December 8, 2016 in Other Cool Shots



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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

    Fab capture Gabe!!

  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins

    Very nice work. Those are among the very best shots I've seen of this aircraft.

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator

    Whoa! We brake for nobody.
    Beautiful shots of a remarkable plane.

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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins

    Wow - terriffic! I've not seen a plane like this! Awesome!!!

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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,370 moderator

    Very impressive (both the plane and the photos)!

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  • wtlwdwgnwtlwdwgn Registered Users Posts: 356 Major grins

    Cool shots of the monster. Uh, I need a new set of tires. ;)

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  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins

    Thank you all, the Antonov 225 is the biggest plane in the world with a payload of 250 Tons (500.000 lbs) and it is the only one ever produced and operating, it has been a real treat to be able to capture it landing here in Houston

  • GSPePGSPeP Registered Users Posts: 3,939 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2016

    Great pictures !

    They transported a transformer for us some years ago. Unfortunately no pictures.

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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2016

    Outstanding, Gabe! I've caught -124s a number of times here in Charlotte, but I've yet to see a -225 in person. Apparently one came through here about a year before I moved down, but I'm still hopeful. You did a great job capturing the beast!

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator

    Great pics and wow, what an aircraft. I've seen YouTube videos on that plane and it is simply amazing, by all measures. And oh so expensive to fly, to an extreme!

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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins

    @David_S85 said:
    And oh so expensive to fly, to an extreme!

    Yes, but when you have to ship a 200 ton generator, you can pay a bundle to fly it in this beast, or have your plant out of service for 4 months while it makes it way there on a cargo ship. :)

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  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2016

    I think it was in houston to pick up some aerospace or satellite parts, it was his second flight to Houston in the same week (Thursday and Sunday)

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator

    @Gatto said:
    Thank you all, the Antonov 225 is the biggest plane in the world with a payload of 250 Tons (500.000 lbs) and it is the only one ever produced and operating, it has been a real treat to be able to capture it landing here in Houston

    It's amazing how they've turned that and its smaller siblings into a real heavy lift business. We see the 124 landing to pickup satellites frequently and even that is huge (and really loud).

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  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins

    They are going to build more Antonov 225 because they just signed a deal to build more in partnership with China

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