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a pic taken by one of my COAir bros at EWR of the visiting Antonov An-225 Mriya during her visit in 1990.Related content
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quite possible....! she was here on a special visit back in 1990,airlift for the children of Chernobyl relief effort.
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I've always been fascinated by this aircraft, although I've never seen it......the name itself....dream.
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and she,s still one-of-a-kind to this day.....
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A big bird indeed. Saw one of these babies at SWF just last year.
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it,s the same one,then. the An-225 Mriya is still one-of-a-kind.
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Probably, cause I know when down at SWF they would often divert traffic from EWR and JKF up to SWF. Its one heck of a plane cause a C-5 came in from overseas and had to stop over at Richmore (now Supermarine) for Customs, and I remember seeing those 2 side by side and thinking, 'Wow that bird is bigger then the Galaxy.'
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6 engines and 2 tails,for sure?
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Cool. Saw a smaller Antonov heading on short final into Philadelphia a number of years back.
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lots of An-124s around,but only one Mriya! they intend to get another one flying later this year.
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I hope to see it some day. I've seen it on TV but the small screen does not do it justice.
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i actually went aboard this one when it was visiting EWR in 1990.
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With the kind of money it's making, I'm sure it will.
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turned out to be so popular/heavily booked,they finally went ahead and decided to finish the other one that had been started prior to the collapse of the old Soviet Union! Antonov wants to have it fully operational later this year.
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Nothing like a high ROI. I think the other one will pay for itself in short order. Maybe they'll even need to build a third.
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That's how they built the Challenger replacement, if memory serves me.
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as long as all the parts fit!
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For that kind of money, you would hope so.
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just a lot of spare parts flying in very close formation.............
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did you get to go aboard? the flight compartment just looked a bit old-fashioned compared to what we,re used to,yet it was State-of the-Art for them.
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No. But I have been in the cockpit of a Mig 17 and Nanchang CJ6. Also did some work on the CJ... the owner still owes me money!
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let me guess.....just enough money to be annoying,but not quite enough to take legal action over.......!
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That is about it. Maybe I should take action and reposess his plane for non payment.
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OK. just get all the paperwork together,and see your attorney.
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i don,t think Antonov Airlines would want to sell it.
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aw maaaaaan
>_>
i could buy antonov airlines...
someday if i win like 50 lotteries >_>
hey, its worth it
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or..............go to the right school,get some aviation licenses and go to work for the company itself.
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im intending on being an aeronautical engineer...
>_>
technically i could design one for myself eventually...
now building it, THAT would be a problem.
but, you wouldnt really need a house if you had one of those, i mean... 8 houses....
O.o
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aeronautical engineer......OK. perhaps a job with Embraer S.A. is something to aspire to.
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thats what im shooting for
later on, who knows?
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i suppose Embraer would be a good place to work for....we use a lot of them in my company,s Express subsidary.
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and been aboard as well,thoroughy explored every inch of the big bird! cockpit/flight deck looked a bit old-fashioned by Western standards.....dials and such,when we were already using "Glass Cockpits". but it all seemed to work OK.
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it was! so big,she looked like 2 airliners parked very close together,from some angles!
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I am trying to remenber.... I think Myria lands on 28 wheels.
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ok, that is right. I just found something interesting
"By 2000, it had become apparent that the demand for the An-225 had exceeded the airline's booking capacity, and in September 2006 the decision was made to complete the second An-225. Assembly should be completed by 2008."
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i saw that too. might be a good idea to make a few more too!
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and we should do something like it too! i,m sure the basic Lockheed C-5 design can be adapted in a similar manner,with GE90 engines.
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Pictures like that, you saw them and you knew the cold war is over.. what a time that has been, especially here in Europe, have seen the fall of the Berlin wall, and suddenly, the world has came to a change, we could travel to countries, of which we before, didn't know anything and, nowadays there is still a wall, in many people's heads, which is much harder to tare down than the Berlin wall...
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never thought i,d see it all happen in my lifetime......the USSR just seemed to crumble overnight,didn,t it?
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