AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19

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arsenaltillidie
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AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19

Post by arsenaltillidie »

Just some from rare AN124 visit to Lincolnshire

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Image_Q0A9373 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr

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Image_Q0A9412 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr


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Image_Q0A9425 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr

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Image_Q0A9418 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr

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Image_Q0A9520 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr

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Image_Q0A9524 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr

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Image_Q0A9538 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr

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Image_Q0A9568 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

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Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19

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Great photos.....

Is it my imagination, or a trick of the light - but has it lost its undernose radome???

The contours look like a smooth curve - rather than the bulged undernose seen in previous photos.....

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rwFWZDvgiNA/ ... 1015gl.JPG

Ken

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Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19

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Well that's a different aircraft for starters!

UR-82008 in the image you linked is an Antonov AN-124-100M
UR-82073 seen at Waddington is an Antonov AN-124-100

The 100M has Western avionics, which presumably didn't fit in the nose so an additional fairing was needed.

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Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19

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I've just found the answer on Antonov Airlines website..... https://www.antonov-airlines.com/our-fleet/an-124-100

Quote.........

Two of Antonov Airlines’ airframes have been upgraded to AN-124-100-150 status, after being reinforced to accept up to 150,000 kg of payload.

and from the list of 'improvements'..........

Reshaped nose for better fuel efficiency.

So the two An-124-100-150's have different shaped noses - you learn something every day!

Ken

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Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19

Post by Blackbird »

Great photos of the 124 :clap: and interesting info.

Tfs

Andy :smile:

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Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19

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There's more to it....

Looking at photos of An-124's it looks like the elongated, more pointed nose may be a retrofit on 'standard' An-124-100's.

I've found photos of UR-82008 with both the radome bulge AND the smoother, more pointed nose.......

With radome.....

http://www.flugzeug-bild.de/1200/antono ... -86737.jpg

New nose...

https://cdn.airplane-pictures.net/image ... 970214.jpg

Ken

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