Just some from rare AN124 visit to Lincolnshire
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_Q0A9373 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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_Q0A9412 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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_Q0A9425 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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_Q0A9418 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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_Q0A9520 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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_Q0A9524 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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_Q0A9538 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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_Q0A9568 by DanielKennedy2012, on Flickr
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AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19
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Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19
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
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
Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19
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.
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
I've just found the answer on Antonov Airlines website..... https://www.antonov-airlines.com/our-fleet/an-124-100
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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
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
Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19
Great photos of the 124 and interesting info.
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Re: AN124 at RAF Waddington 23/6/19
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
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