richardworrall
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Landed this evening at East Midlands Airport at 7:30, an amazing sight. 
Pictures found here if anyone interested https://www.facebook.com/eastmidlandsairportspotters/photos
[Edited on 12-06-2014 by richardworrall]
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Ben G
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Holy fucking shit Christ, thats a huge bitch
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10264065_10203381642176218_8507802563087545452_o.jpg
[Edited on 13-06-2014 by Ian]
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richardworrall
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just uploading a video
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nibnob21
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Forgot about this, was considering popping out to see it. Such a beast.
MX5 Project Thread
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richardworrall
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video
[Edited on 12-06-2014 by richardworrall]
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it has six engines richard!
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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richardworrall
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Is this some sarcasm I'm not understanding?
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Wrighty
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thats a big bus
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gazza808
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I find them pretty unexciting,
So slow on take off,
Was working on a ex Cold War b52 base and every now and again a antinov would arrive, load up a helicopter into it and disappear again. By chance on an airfield with no air traffic control, I have a video of one taking off, but can't work out how to upload it.
Also we shipped one of our machines to the USA in one,
They had to fly one that was in the USA to Canada while we unloaded it as the rules at the time was only one antinov in us air space at any time,
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gazza808
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Short video of a smaller one taking off, rest are on my other phone 
http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u466/gary_808/FF91BD13-C59D-49B7-A05C-B2EC6F6E75BE-13287-000003978A596B1C_zpsc067bdab.mp4
[Edited on 13-06-2014 by gazza808]
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3CorsaMeal
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Bet its no good in the twisties...
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Dave
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quote:
Originally posted by richardworrall
Is this some sarcasm I'm not understanding?
Listen to the kid in the video
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by gazza808
Short video of a smaller one taking off, rest are on my other phone
http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u466/gary_808/FF91BD13-C59D-49B7-A05C-B2EC6F6E75BE-13287-000003978A596B1C_zpsc067bdab.mp4
Thats a 124, a LOT smaller aircraft. The 225 is the largest aircraft in the world.
Its amazing how much weight and how big this thing really is. One of the firms I used to work for was dealing with a legal case for the 2 that were made some years back. One was flying, the other was sat in an airfield, half stripped for parts to keep the 1st one flying. Can't remember the specifics, but it was something to do with a private firm buying the aircraft, and the poor thing had sat on this airfield collecting dust and their was a dispute as the plane was bought as a flying aircraft, but basically needed a full stripdown and rebuild so wasn't actually airworthy (dodgy bloody Russians). The lawyer had gone over, taken a load of pictures. Sat there having a natter about the plane, its mental how big and bulky it is. The B52 is a big plane, wider than it is long, but the fuselage is very large and it makes the B52 look pretty weedy.
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johnny86
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Holy shit I've never seen anything like that.
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gazza808
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I have videos of the bigger one landing, also pictures of me inside it with our machine as we were unloaded it.
It's a piece of kit for sure.
In the video you can see it as it takes off there's loads of scrap 747's and even the small one made them look small
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RichR
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We chartered the 124 version and whilst not as big as the 225, it was still impressive.
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by richardworrall
Landed this evening at East Midlands Airport at 7:30, an amazing sight.
Pictures found here if anyone interested https://www.facebook.com/eastmidlandsairportspotters/photos
[Edited on 12-06-2014 by richardworrall]
Awesome thing. Never seen one in person. Do they feature at RIAT do you know Richard?
Should be going there next year and would love to get up close and personal with one of these mofos
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Holy fucking shit Christ, thats a huge bitch
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10264065_10203381642176218_8507802563087545452_o.jpg
[Edited on 13-06-2014 by Ian]
That's a niiiiiice picture SO many wheels!
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richardworrall
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no idea, this was just advertised in the local press yesterday so everyman and his dog was up at the airport
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Butler
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I saw this on facebook. Strange they made a big deal of it; it's landed at Manston a few times before.
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Matt.H
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Here is a short video I got yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epq2vEnd1Ck
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Ben G
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I bet the conversation there was well interesting 
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Haimsey
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Can't believe I missed this nor even heard it.
Marcy Marc 
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt.H
Here is a short video I got yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epq2vEnd1Ck
Wicked
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