On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:17:14 -0700, Frank Vaughan
wrote:

In message , "Richard Brooks"
wrote:

Frank Vaughan wrote:
In message , "John Keeney"
wrote:


No, it simply means that I was tired when I posted and was
looking forward to a warm, helpful, compassionate posting that
would help me remember. But thanks for trying.

Here you go Frank!

http://www.aviaphoto.ru/antonov/

It's either the An-124 or the An-225. Seeing the An-124 flying over
Oxfordshire, UK and banking into its final approach at Brize Norton is
breath taking!


Richard.

Thank you Richard. I saw one of those puppies parked on a taxiway
in Denver one and wished that a 747 has been nearby for a size
comparison.

I suspect that it has carved a unique roll in aviation -- perhaps
as the first modern Russian aircraft to have a worldwide
peacetime role (I'm excluding the former soviet puppets that use
its pax airlines).

What's really surprising was seeing one at a US airbase in
Afghanistan. Not personally of course but the USAF web site had a
photo of a guy on the ground guiding in an AN-124