A few recent aviation shots

[HickoryShampoo]

Disgusting weather, but caught this beast greasing 8R at IAH....

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...then again rolling out...

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...and departing with the Houston skyline in the distance.

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"Gorilla In The Mist" - World Airways MD-11 N803DE (ex-DAL bird) painted in the retro "Operation Babylift" commemorative scheme. "Babylift" was the effort to get South Vietnamese children out before the fall of Saigon.

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Volga-Dnepr AN-124 'Ruslan' lumbering off 33R

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[Gale]

Very nice
Look at all those wheels...

 

[Commodorefirst]

thanks for the look at the Volga, don't see one of those everyday here in the midwest!

Wade

 

[alexf]

Very nice shots.

 

[HickoryShampoo]

Thanks all...

Wade, I guess we're spoiled down here. We get all three of the commercial AN124 operators here: Volga-Dnepr, Polet and Antonov Design Bureau. Wouldn't mind seeing the Libyan bird, but I think that's unlikely. Caught the AN225 here once, too.

 

[Mason]

Man, that is a lot of main gear!

 

[BryanSpeed]

those crazy russians!
nice pics

 

[Frits]

Very nice! I have seen the AN-124 several times - in Windsor, Ontario and in Montreal. It is quite a sight!!