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New Build An-124

Bruce — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:08:00 +0000

: Image by Getty Images via Daylife

There have been a flurry of press comment on the possibility of the Russian military ordering new An124 aircraft to kick start the production of new build aircraft.

190 Ton World Record Airlift By Antonov An-225

Bruce — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:35:03 +0000

After a lengthy refit and life extension program in Antonov Design Bureau's facilities in Kiev during the first part of this year the Antonov An-225 has claimed a new world record airlift out of Frankfurt Hahn Airport.

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Romantic Freight Dog, Yes. Video Producer – Maybe?

Bruce — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:14:15 +0000

So it seems that even Kieran Daley over at Flight Global has some spare minutes to trawl the web for relevant footage of the air cargo charter business and came up with this Youtube video taken from the flight deck of an Antonov An-124.

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Will They Or Won't They….Restart Production of An-124-100?

Bruce — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:26:47 +0000

Mosnews.com today reported that Russia intends to restart production of the An-124-100. It will be interesting to see whether this much talked of event comes to fruition.

The Aviastar-SP factory in Ulyanovsk, in Russia’s Volga region, will again begin making the An-124-100 aircraft, otherwise known as the Ruslan, Lenta.ru reports. It is the world’s largest commercial cargo plane and was the largest plane of any type in production until the An-225 took that title away from it.

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2 x F/A-18 Aircraft For Delivery By Antonov An-124

Bruce — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:39:36 +0000

2 x F/A-18 Mirabel to Australia

There was a time, not all that long ago, when moving fighter airplanes like the F/A-18 from one theatre to another or from manufacturer to customer was a major undertaking, especially when long overwater legs were concerned.

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More Talk Of Co-operation On An-124 And An-70

Bruce — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:13:48 +0000

Further talks on joint co-operation between Russia and Ukraine relating to the An-124 and An-70 are on the radar after a recent meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian sub-commission on cooperation in the aircraft industry, in preparation for talks between Prime Ministers Tymoshenko and Putin.

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Antonov An-124 Delivers Metro Cars

Bruce — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:16 +0000

Delhi Metro cars arriving by Antonov An-124-100

The first of 424 Bombardier metro cars arrived in Delhi, India from Germany onboard an Antonov Airlines AN-124-100M on February 26.

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Antonov An-225 RC Model

Bruce — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:03:35 +0000

Found another An-225 model on YouTube.

You can see the video over on it's own An-225 model page.

An-124-100 Production Re-Start On Hold?

Bruce — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:53:14 +0000

The long held dream of Volga Dnepr to restart production of the An124-100 has suffered something of a setback recently as reported by ITAR-TASS.

It seems that the project could be delayed for one or two years due to the global economic situation (should the project ever have had a starting point from which to be delayed). The announcement came from Dmitry Romanov, investments and external relations minister of Russia’s Ulyanovsk Region, at a news conference on Thursday.

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HOT BIRD 10 Being Delivered By Polet Antonov An-124 To Cayenne.

Bruce — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:55:53 +0000

Another delivery by a Polet An-124 carrying the HOT BIRD 10 satellite into Cayenne International Airport on 9th January. Hot Bird 10 is intended to fly on the first Ariane 5 mission of 2009 on 12 February.

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