Have been on several Russian Heavy's and was not impressed.
I Crewed C-5's and one time Russians came thru Dover, and I arranged a tour thru my C-5 which was parked in hot cargo next to thiers.
They were amazed and told me that it was just a plane made up to impress them, so we went to another which was parked in H/C also and I made believers out of them.
One thing that was on all Russian A/C were 2 bag 50# bags of dog food and no dogs.
As an Aviation Person may AN225 rest in piece (do not think it flew much)

What was the dog food for?


It is sad if that aircraft were destroyed. It should be in a museum. . .

Of course, people are dying over there, so I need to remind myself to place this event in context.

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Originally posted by schrack:

As an Aviation Person may AN225 rest in piece (do not think it flew much)

It was in constant use. I parked next to it all over the world.

I never realized there was just the one?

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I never realized there was just the one?

Correct. Only 1 completed. Construction was started on a second aircraft but it wasn't ever completed.

The English speaking person did not have an answer, They lived on the A/C but, had no Dogs. About a month later another one came thru and I saw them loading several bags of Dog Food. No it couldn't be what we are thinking, could it?

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
It was in constant use. I parked next to it all over the world.

When I saw it, it had come from Canada to Pittsburgh, and then it departed for (LA?) I believe. I don't believe it will impact my personal supply chain, but the process of transporting very BIG stuff quickly has just changed dramatically.

I've read lots of discussion as to if it was really gone, extent of damage, ect.

Not really any fixing this. At least they have some good parts for #2.

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Originally posted by r0gue:
I don't believe it will impact my personal supply chain, but the process of transporting very BIG stuff quickly has just changed dramatically.

Is it (was it) really that much bigger than the other jumbos out there? I'm not an aviation guy in any sort and I have no real perspective on the big planes. I've never seen a jumbo close up. The biggest I've seen was a C5 Super Galaxy, I think, as it was flying a pattern around the area, I think centered around Stockton for some reason. It passed directly overhead and while it was pretty high, I could still tell it was BIG.

These may help for size/scale:

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Originally posted by thumperfbc:
Is it (was it) really that much bigger than the other jumbos out there? I'm not an aviation guy in any sort and I have no real perspective on the big planes. I've never seen a jumbo close up. The biggest I've seen was a C5 Super Galaxy.

Keep in mind, the 747 was Boeing's entry into the Air Force's heavy lift competition, which was won by the C-5; so the planes are more-less similar in size.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
These may help for size/scale:

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Originally posted by xanth:
I've read lots of discussion as to if it was really gone, extent of damage, ect.

Not really any fixing this. At least they have some good parts for #2.

C'mon, that'll buff right out...