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Discussion in 'Transportation' started by scooter22, Jul 5, 2008.

  1. scooter22

    scooter22

    82
    Nov 27, 2006
    West Palm Beach, FL
    Last week we had an Antonov An-124 show up on the ramp for a few hours. Why was she there? A brand new Agusta AB-139 was loaded and off they went.
    I felt a little bad for the crew, they were bummed they didn't get to RON and enjoy a little of Florida ...

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    Truly an incredible airplane. The entire floor is made of Titanium.
    The helo went in through the front, and the rotors were loaded through the rear door via a movable crane.

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    When it was time for departure, she blasted off using roughly half of the 10,000' runway. (Of course, all she had was one medium sized helo and a 48,000 GALLON drink of Jet A. Wow.

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    scooter22, Jul 5, 2008
    #1
  2. rotxlk82

    rotxlk82

    4,047
    Jul 20, 2007
    UK
    That's a pretty serious bit of kit there Warner, thanks for showing it to us
     
    rotxlk82, Jul 5, 2008
    #2
  3. LDB415

    LDB415

    929
    Apr 26, 2008
    Texas
    That is definitely cool.
     
    LDB415, Jul 5, 2008
    #3
  4. alexf

    alexf

    20,439
    Dec 16, 2006
    Miami Beach, FL, USA
    Awesome. I saw one parked in KMIA a few years ago while waiting for cargo.

    How did you get that kind of access to it? Well done!
     
    alexf, Jul 5, 2008
    #4
  5. scooter22

    scooter22

    82
    Nov 27, 2006
    West Palm Beach, FL
    Hey Alex. My office is in Jet Aviation, the FBO where the An-124 parked.
    It is one BIG airplane.
     
    scooter22, Jul 5, 2008
    #5
  6. Walt

    Walt

    135
    Jun 12, 2008
    North Carolina
    That plane is big, thanks for sharing.

    walt
     
    Walt, Jul 5, 2008
    #6
  7. PGB

    PGB

    7,986
    Jan 25, 2005
    Way cool! both of them. The AN and the Agusta.
     
    PGB, Jul 7, 2008
    #7
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