During the Kosovo campaign we had an AN124 in at Bruggen to take stores
on deployment. The airfield was designed for tactical bombers so we
had a serious problem checking the pavement loading and the space for
the wingspan as it taxied. The parallel taxiway was too close to the
trees so it had to remain on the operational readiness pan at one end
of the runway. I passed it at night while it was there; I wish I had
had a camera with me as it was all lit up on the inside and out.
The AN225 looks even bigger ...
Chris
On Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003, at 18:03 Europe/London,
john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Asolutely no Olympus content...Saw a Documentary Today about a bloody
big Russian aeroplane..fuselage width 17m, Wingspan 80?M, Capable of
lifting 250 tons! Believe it was an Antinov 255. Only one of its kind.
Documentary showed its "little brother" being loaded with a 100 ton
Railway engine......Now I really would like to photograph that!
John Duggan, Wales, UK.
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
ftog at threeshoes.co.uk
http://www.threeshoes.co.uk
http://homepage.mac.com/zuiko
... a nascent photo library.
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