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Back to top shivendrashukla Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1354 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:38 pm    Post subject: Re: AN124 to visit BOM himmat01 wrote: Aiel wrote: AN124 is to visit BOM soon. Link Here Scheduled as well non scheduled flights by AN-124s are common at BOM. Yeah that;s true. During India's UN mission to somalia and serria leone they were often hired by UN to ferry troops and material from India to somalia and during many of these trips they visited Mumbai. Cheers Shivendra Back to top D-ABTH Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 837 Location: VABB :: BOM Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:56 pm    Post subject: contrary to what people might think.. the An124s are quite a regular feature at BOM _________________ If it aint Boeing.. I aint going. Back to top the_380 Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2329 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:32 pm    Post subject: D-ABTH wrote: contrary to what people might think.. the An124s are quite a regular feature at BOM Yes i have seen the volga Dnepr AN 124 about twice at BOM _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld A Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox Audio Producer!!! Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:59 pm    Post subject: AN124s visit BOM Frequently at the International cargo section. Huge Aircraft,Primative Loading Equipment & massive capacity & no of crew for Freighters.They carry the Foldable Towbar on board too regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top Aiel Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 927 Location: Bangalore Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:05 pm    Post subject: Wasn't aware of that. _________________ My Flickr photos My JP.net account Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:22 pm    Post subject: the_380 wrote: D-ABTH wrote: contrary to what people might think.. the An124s are quite a regular feature at BOM Yes i have seen the volga Dnepr AN 124 about twice at BOM here are few of them and cheers!! VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top HamiltonAir Member Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:10 am    Post subject: Nevermind BOM, I have seen it here (BLR) many times, twice I saw them at around 6am or maybe 6:30am(not sure) on approach, man what a sight it was. Regards, _________________ HamiltonAir Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:07 am    Post subject: Amazing Structure load carrying point of view.With all the Main Wheels below the Fuselage.Imagine the load being carried by the Wing roots. regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:24 am    Post subject: HAWK21M wrote: Amazing Structure load carrying point of view.With all the Main Wheels below the Fuselage.Imagine the load being carried by the Wing roots. regds MEL does it help take load off the wing root or add to it? would love to know more... _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:39 pm    Post subject: Lets put it this way.The Russians Build Heavy duty structures. Carrying the Weight of Two Engines + Fuel is no small Weight. regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top HamiltonAir Member Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:25 pm    Post subject: Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know. Regards, _________________ HamiltonAir Back to top Prajay Member Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 217 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:33 pm    Post subject: The AN-225 has not landed at any Indian Airport. To my knowledge besides one of the Paris Airshows, It hasnt gone out of the states of the former soviet union. the AN-124 is a regular at BOM however I am not sure wheather it is Volga Dnepr or not Prajay Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:54 pm    Post subject: HamiltonAir wrote: Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know. Regards, AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar. rgds VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top Prajay Member Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 217 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:57 pm    Post subject: Aseem wrote: HamiltonAir wrote: Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know. Regards, AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar. rgds VT-ASJ Funny never new that. Where did the indian railways get the money for hiring an AN-225 Can srinagar handle the AN-225? Prajay Back to top Nimish Member Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:41 pm    Post subject: Minister wrote: Where did the indian railways get the money for hiring an AN-225 Can srinagar handle the AN-225? I've heard this as well - that IR has been sending the coaches by road, but the locos are too heavy and might need to be airlifted. About SXR handling the An-225 - I don't really know In terms of funds - this project is a top priority for IR & IRCON, and I'm sure they have plenty of funds available. After all this serves the huge purpose of linking Srinagar/valley with the rest of India, and allowing for year round access, plus allowing for rapid "development" and increased trade/commerce. Back to top aarbee Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 328 Location: WAS/AMD Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:02 am    Post subject: Aseem wrote: HamiltonAir wrote: Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know. Regards, AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar. rgds VT-ASJ Wow! This a/c seems to carry some load. If that's the case, can Srinagar a/p handle this a/c? Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:34 pm    Post subject: I doubt Srinagar can Handle the AN225. AN124 at BOM are mainly Volga Dnepr. regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top shivendrashukla Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1354 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:21 pm    Post subject: Aseem wrote: HamiltonAir wrote: Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know. Regards, AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar. rgds VT-ASJ As far as i can remember AN225 never visited India. I may be wrong. Srinagar certainly cannot handle A346 leave alone An225 Cheers Shivendra Back to top xterra Member Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 595 Location: DONT KNO Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:03 pm    Post subject: cmg back to 124 i was on a trip to dxb in feb 1st week... i saw that aircraft taking off in dubai .. that was really a massive sight never seen it in mumbai tho.... Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:13 pm    Post subject: shivendrashukla wrote: As far as i can remember AN225 never visited India. I may be wrong. Srinagar certainly cannot handle A346 leave alone An225 Cheers Shivendra Sorry here is the correction Rediff wrote: World's largest aircraft to help India India has sought the services of Kazakhstan government to airlift 30-odd rail coaches from Chennai and two diesel locomotives from Varanasi to Srinagar for the Qazigund-Srinagar-Baramulla section of railways, now under construction. An SOS from India to Kazakhstan was sent after realising that Indian Air Force did not have transport aircraft big enough to lift the coaches buit at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Railway Ministry sources told PTI on Tuesday. The biggest aircraft that India has is IL-76, which cannot accomodate the specially-designed coaches to run on the stretch to the valley, they said The only option left was to approach countries having AN-124. Kazakhstan was one of the countries approached and it had responded favourably by agreeing to provide the aircraft. The world's largest heavy-lift cargo aircraft AN-124, possesed by the Central Asian state, was capable of airlifting these coaches as also the locomotives, they said. The coaches and the locomotives were to be airlifted for the new rail link between Udhampur and Baramulla. The work on the 140 kms Qazigund-Baramulla rail line was in full swing and train services between Udhampur and Katra streching over 25 kms would be operational by March next year. Earlier, work on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Qazigund stretch was stopped following the kidnapping and killing of the IRCON engineer Pundeer Kumar and his brother near the construction site, they said. But before the work on the project could resume after the incident, the government was faced with the task of transporting the coaches and the diesel locomotives for the train. The AN-124 would airlift the 30-odd coaches and two-to-three diesel locomotives only till Srinagar airport and from there they would be transported by road. With the transportation of the coaches and diesel locomotives being sorted out, the Qazigund-Baramulla railway section would probably be completed in 2006, a full one year behind the scheduled 2005 dateline. World's largest aircraft to help India It is the heading that misled me. Anyways have the orginal news article here. rgds VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:40 pm    Post subject: I wonder why the IAF never considered the AN124 or C5. regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top shivendrashukla Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1354 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:31 am    Post subject: HAWK21M wrote: I wonder why the IAF never considered the AN124 or C5. regds MEL Simply because IAF has many of the airfields that are unpaved and cannot handle the weight of AN 124 or C-5. IL 76 can land and take off on such gravel and unpaved air strips and it does not even need a long runway for take off. That's why. On a side note yesterday i was watching a show on ZEE TV where a man attempts to pull a 738 of spicejet VT-SPD. He was unsuccessful. But on the background i did see an AN 124 of Volga Dnepr there. So the AN 124 did visit India and it was huge Cheers Shivendra Back to top Birendra Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411 Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:27 pm    Post subject: Did the An 124 not take our Dhruv to the Paris Air Show Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:01 am    Post subject: look at the guys cleaing the wing...gives clue towards it massive size, although it does not look that big in person Source rgds VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:41 pm    Post subject: I don't notice any safety Harness on them regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! 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