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190 Ton World Record Airlift By Antonov An-225

Bruce — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:35:03 +0000

After a lengthy refit and life extension program in Antonov Design Bureau's facilities in Kiev during the first part of this year the Antonov An-225 has claimed a new world record airlift out of Frankfurt Hahn Airport.

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Romantic Freight Dog, Yes. Video Producer – Maybe?

Bruce — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:14:15 +0000

So it seems that even Kieran Daley over at Flight Global has some spare minutes to trawl the web for relevant footage of the air cargo charter business and came up with this Youtube video taken from the flight deck of an Antonov An-124.

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2 x F/A-18 Aircraft For Delivery By Antonov An-124

Bruce — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:39:36 +0000

2 x F/A-18 Mirabel to Australia

There was a time, not all that long ago, when moving fighter airplanes like the F/A-18 from one theatre to another or from manufacturer to customer was a major undertaking, especially when long overwater legs were concerned.

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Antonov An-124 Delivers Metro Cars

Bruce — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:16 +0000

Delhi Metro cars arriving by Antonov An-124-100

The first of 424 Bombardier metro cars arrived in Delhi, India from Germany onboard an Antonov Airlines AN-124-100M on February 26.

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Antonov An-124 Benefits From A-400M Delay

Bruce — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:00:28 +0000

Austrian military contingent arriving Kabul

The two major operators of Antonov An124-100 aircraft are benefiting from the continued delays to the Airbus military A400M program.

On Dec 17th the budget committee of the German Bundestag agreed to extend the SALIS – Strategic Airlift Interim Solution – contract by two years to 31 December 2010.Â The initial contract was intended to end in January 2009, however delays in the A400M programme has made the extension of the SALIS programme necessary due to increased demand for airlift by NATO European countries.

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Antonov An-124 Ruslan Returns UK Military Helicopters

Bruce — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:31:29 +0000

While Russia was delivering helicopters into Chad, an An-124-100 Ruslan of Antonov Design Bureau was operating the same day into Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA) near Darlington in the UK.

Antonov Airlines An-124-100 at Durham Tees Airport

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An225 'Mriya' In The Netherlands

Bruce — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:50:44 +0000

Two flights in a week earlier this month into the Netherlands for the An225. One into Amsterdam, Schipol and one into the Royal Dutch Airforce base at Eindhoven.

(photo reproduced with permission)

An opportunity for the photographers giving this nice shot by Dennis Muller showing the leading edge flaps deployed.

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Ruslan SALIS Programme Extended For 2 More Years

Bruce — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:01:04 +0000

Konstantin Lushakov, the executive director of Antonov Airlines, told reporters in Kiev on Wednesday that the joint NATO/EU contract for provision of stategic airlift jointly by Antonov and Volga Dnepr is to be extended by 2 years.

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Indian Sarang Display Helicopters Return Home

Bruce — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:21:21 +0000

The Indian Air Force 'Sarang' helicopter display team of five ALH Dhruv helicopters displayed first at ILA and then at the Farnborough Air Show and reported on in the earlier post are on their way back to India courtesy of two An-124-100 flights.

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An124 Used To Deploy Additional Helicopters To Chad

Bruce — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:36:48 +0000

An An124-100 of Antonov Airlines has been used by the French military to transport two specially equipped Gazelle helicopters to Chad to boost its rotorcraft detachment there.

The Gazelle helicopters, part of the 3rd Helicopter Regiment, are fitted with special reconnaissance and command and control capabilities, according to the French Ministry of Defence.

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