Posted on 07/02/2010 6:14:05 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
Yea the good part is at 50% load factor they only need 9500 foot runways which exist exactly where in the usa????????
It IS amazing. I think there was actually that model of Antonov taking off from the local airport yesterday as I drove past - it was just effing HUGE. Never seen one before in person but it’s every bit as large as a C-5.
I believe it is larger by a large margin. It is an impressive aircraft.
I believe it is larger by a large margin. It is an impressive aircraft.
I believe it is larger by a large margin. It is an impressive aircraft.
Heh. This should make a few protectionist heads explode.
According an airforce site that is pretty much the takeoff distance when fully loaded. And there are plenty of runways that size. AN-124s fly in and out of the US all the time.
But I don’t see what your point is because they are not talking about making one of those into a tanker.
Me too, I saw a ramp full of them once at an airfield in Kaposjulak, Hungary and would have loved to have gotten a hop in one, but never got the chance.
regards,
They make killer bush/rough country planes, especially since De Havilland quit making the iconic Beaver almost half a century ago. Got the chance to fly one a decade ago.
Put tundra tires on one of those AN-2s and it can land almost anywhere.
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