The plane enthusiasts thread

[colly]

That looks like the remains of a VC10.

Most of the large transport aircraft that land at Bruntingthorpe leave there in small pieces.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

This thing just went over my head, landing at Prestwick I presume. Is that the huge Russian thing I've heard of? It's massive!

 

[macp]

Yes that is the Antonov AN124 which is big but even bigger is the AN225

AN124

AN225

 

[Cycleops]

It looks like it's an Antonov 124. There's an even bigger six engine version the 224. The 124 comes in here occasionally and can carry things like railway locomotives.

 

[macp]

Talking of big planes, I love big planes

This is the AN124 next to a Galaxy C5 which is a monstrous thing having walked through one. Its like a bloody cathedral inside.

AN124 again and what a sight

Seen this lifting off from Manchester a time or two

I thought shirley this is not real but it is

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

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This thing just went over my head, landing at Prestwick I presume. Is that the huge Russian thing I've heard of? It's massive!

That is an AN - 124..... And it is Ukranian actually, as it it's bigger sister, the AN-225 Mriya, of which only one exists.

The '124 is nice, although the Antonov 225 is the biggest plane in the world, and was built to carry the Soviet Space shuttle, but due to the fall of USSR, only one was completed (apparently there is another one still in bits at the Antonov factory).
Today it is used to transport oversized loads worldwide and can even carry rocket boosters on the nodes on the top where the space shuttle once sat.

It is so heavy that it needs two front landing gears, and these gears are also designed to pivot forwards, so that the plane's nose can practically lie on the tarmac if needed when the front door is opened.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Just look at the size of it at the end!:

View: https://youtu.be/cerAdT0qT2A

View: https://youtu.be/-ku0w0aVRWk

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I have been looking through my things as I am going to donate some things to a museum I have dealt with before.

But anyway, here are some of my items (some going, some I'm keeping, although I have a lot more not photographed):

Erste Klas on one side, First Class on the other:

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Both items that have clearly seen better days, a match book and a keyring from the '60s:

But look on the back of the matches, a little drawing of a Trident!:

Join our club!:

Then, there is this gem, given that EFTA is in the news right now....:

And, the Argosy!:

 

[DaveReading]

Nice collection.

Brings back fond memories of the BEA Argosy on the EFTA stamp (from 1967) and the Trident on the book of matches (before they moved the APU to the tail, so probably even earlier).

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I also remember buying this for the artwork. It sounds like they were making it up as they went along!! :

What is it??

It is a certificate given for flying over the Equator in 1949!

'Miss Shute' was/became a nurse, but is now deceased. This certificate was found in her house after she died according to the guy who sold it to me:

What have Les douge Gremlinettes' got to do with two pianos (at the end)?:

The name of the plane, Severn?? I was told there was no type called the 'Severn'.

Maybe it was a name given to that specific aircraft?:

 

[Proto]

Gratuitous photo of my fave plane

 

[midlife]

My fave pic of the Valkyrie with a Hustler chase plane....a bit scarred after a Mach 3 flight

In a great book, called Rockwell, the heritage of North American. (I think)

Shaun

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Pretty sick, eh??!!:

 

[Proto]

I'm guessing you've all read this .......................

http://wesclark.com/burbank/sr_71.html