BIG

[Splitpin]

I love this beast.

[Ian Warren]

Seen this ones little brother do a wing over from runway to possible 1200 AGL , pull it tight in the airfield parameter , this was 1988 in Australia , Richmond Air Force Base , the AN225 was then rumour , 90's Paris Airshow showed the aircraft so docile due to its size was easy to handle , course back then was designed for or to carry the 'Bruan' , the Russian Space Shuttle .

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 7 2010, 12:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Seen this ones little brother do a wing over from runway to possible 1200 AGL , pull it tight in the airfield parameter , this was 1988 in Australia , Richmond Air Force Base , the AN225 was then rumour , 90's Paris Airshow showed the aircraft so docile due to its size was easy to handle , course back then was designed for or to carry the 'Bruan' , the Russian Space Shuttle .

This......super beast

[Ian Warren]

Should i post the photos ... nah BIG is it ..... Big is Good

PS: this is not an advert for Mitre10

[Splitpin]

Post them

[Ian Warren]

Im sure they are still in the first photo-bucket folder, hecks .. how time has gone past , 2007 ... i hope i have not deleted them

[IslandBoy77]

Yup, gotta hand it to those Ruskies - they know how to make BIG aircraft! I also liked the Messerschmitt Gigant (power version, not the glider) and the Heinkel Zwilling - German aircraft designers certainly had a ball farting about with adventurous designs...

[Ian Warren]

BIG IS GOOD
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On your back please !
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The 59 year old pilot did not spill a drop !

[IslandBoy77]

Incredible how that behemoth is able to maneover so well! I've seen a vid somewhere on uTube of one of these things taking off (somewhere in England). Because they are so big, they don't seem to be moving very fast. I remember watching the vid and thinking "Is that guy gonna drive back to Russia"? And then, the aircraft just lifts off and starts flying! Very odd to watch for a 1st-timer!

[Ian Warren]

The stopping power and the amount off runway required ... sorta like the movie HOTSHOTS .. i,m coming in i,m coming in Slam on the deck and its stopped ! Oh .. Charlie Sheen steps out unhurt that,s BIG of him .