Disgusting weather, but caught this beast greasing 8R at IAH.... ...then again rolling out... ...and departing with the Houston skyline in the distance. "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. Volga-Dnepr AN-124 'Ruslan' lumbering off 33R
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.
Very nice! I have seen the AN-124 several times - in Windsor, Ontario and in Montreal. It is quite a sight!!
