Beautiful Sight - An-124
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An An-124, just flew in the direction to Paya Lebar at before 11 today.
Absolutely stunning machine and graceful. -
what's an An-124 doing hereOriginally posted by gemscorp1:An An-124, just flew in the direction to Paya Lebar at before 11 today.
Absolutely stunning machine and graceful.
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About 60 An-124s have been built, of which 20 were in commercial use in 1998. Some western based freight operators utilise An-124s leased from Antonov for freight charters
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=40
An-124 can also be used as civilian freight transports.
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If in Antanov colours, this fella was in Jakarta airport on Saturday, maybe doing the "show & tell" rounds before LIMA...
(don't ask and I wont lie) -
USAF rents them to transport stuff from DG / guam / kadena.
Yup.. its also a civilian freighter~
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Delivering more Apaches?
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Ah! Very likely! Never thought of that.Originally posted by Shotgun:Delivering more Apaches?
Then they can fly the Apaches back to Sembawang Airbase from PLAB. -
Aeroflot, a Russian airline also operate AN-124 transport planes. Some nice pics of this giant flying beast!
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=19530501005/105&distinct_entry=true -
Yes, could be delivery of Apaches.
The last time I saw it, 1st RSAF apaches were delivered.
But the same afternoon, there were a couple of other aircraft type coming in as well.
1 x CH-53 Super Stallion
Couple of CH-46 Sea Knights -
Ya it a damn beautiful aircraft, i happen 2 saw it took-off in e night in clear sky with only a big round moon,damn will never forget tat sight
