AN-225 lands at Mirabel
The AN-225 landed at Mirabel on Friday evening, bringing masks and other PPE from China.
TVA has some brief video of the landing. Here’s a tweet of the takeoff from Anchorage, and another, and another tweet with a photo showing its scale relative to a few regional jets.
Someone posted another video of the landing later on Youtube.
Blork 21:39 on 2020-05-01 Permalink
I’m not an airplane fanatic (or at least not in a serious way) but I actually understand how airplanes fly. Not just intellectually, but physically, as I used to fly gliders in my younger years, where it’s a nice mix of “think” and “feel.” But that AN-225 boggles the mind. My brain cannot account for its ability to actually lift off. I feel like I’m looking at some CGI hoax. I regret not being able to see it in person.
Kate 22:48 on 2020-05-01 Permalink
It does have six huge engines, and the body, while large, is mostly hollow.
Alison Cummins 00:31 on 2020-05-02 Permalink
With its round belly and frontward wings it looks like a living flying thing. Charmingly birdlike or terrifyingly pterodactyl-like or a bit of both.
Raymond Lutz 11:56 on 2020-05-02 Permalink
Thanks for the video, Kate. The most impressive moment is https://youtu.be/GePob34Mnbc?t=110 when taxiing the pilot rev’s up its engines to turn (with reverse trust on the other side?) The Antonov almost spins on itself!
Hervé 03:15 on 2020-05-03 Permalink
Loading and take-off, from the same Youtube channel as that last link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LdooTc3KyY
Kate 19:27 on 2020-05-03 Permalink
Thank you, Hervé!