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Aiel Member
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himmat01 Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: AN124 to visit BOM |
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Aiel wrote: | AN124 is to visit BOM soon.
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Scheduled as well non scheduled flights by AN-124s are common at BOM. _________________ Save Maharashtra! |
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shivendrashukla Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: AN124 to visit BOM |
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himmat01 wrote: | Aiel wrote: | AN124 is to visit BOM soon.
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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.
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D-ABTH Member
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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contrary to what people might think.. the An124s are quite a regular feature at BOM _________________ If it aint Boeing.. I aint going. |
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the_380 Member
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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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
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HAWK21M Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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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
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Aiel Member
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Aseem Member
Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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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
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HamiltonAir Member
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: |
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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.
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HAWK21M Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: |
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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
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Aseem Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:24 am Post subject: |
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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.
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does it help take load off the wing root or add to it? would love to know more... _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri]
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HAWK21M Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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Lets put it this way.The Russians Build Heavy duty structures.
Carrying the Weight of Two Engines + Fuel is no small Weight.
regds
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HamiltonAir Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know.
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Prajay Member
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 217 Location: Mumbai, India
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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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
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Aseem Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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HamiltonAir wrote: | Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know.
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AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar.
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Prajay Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Aseem wrote: | HamiltonAir wrote: | Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know.
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AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar.
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Funny never new that.
Where did the indian railways get the money for hiring an AN-225
Can srinagar handle the AN-225?
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Nimish Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Minister wrote: | Where did the indian railways get the money for hiring an AN-225
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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. |
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aarbee Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 328 Location: WAS/AMD
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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Aseem wrote: | HamiltonAir wrote: | Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know.
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AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar.
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Wow! This a/c seems to carry some load. If that's the case, can Srinagar a/p handle this a/c? |
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HAWK21M Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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I doubt Srinagar can Handle the AN225.
AN124 at BOM are mainly Volga Dnepr.
regds
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shivendrashukla Member
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1354 Location: Mumbai, India
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Aseem wrote: | HamiltonAir wrote: | Guyz another question, has the AN-225 ever landed in any of the indian airports? just curious to know.
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AN-225 was chartered by Indian railways from a Central Asian airlines to airlift a diesel loco from DEL to Srinagar.
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As far as i can remember AN225 never visited India. I may be wrong. Srinagar certainly cannot handle A346 leave alone An225
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xterra Member
Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 595 Location: DONT KNO
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: cmg back to 124 |
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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.... |
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Aseem Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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shivendrashukla wrote: | As far as i can remember AN225 never visited India. I may be wrong. Srinagar certainly cannot handle A346 leave alone An225
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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.
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HAWK21M Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder why the IAF never considered the AN124 or C5.
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shivendrashukla Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:31 am Post subject: |
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HAWK21M wrote: | I wonder why the IAF never considered the AN124 or C5.
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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
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Birendra Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Did the An 124 not take our Dhruv to the Paris Air Show |
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Aseem Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:01 am Post subject: |
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look at the guys cleaing the wing...gives clue towards it massive size, although it does not look that big in person
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HAWK21M Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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I don't notice any safety Harness on them
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