Howdy folks,
As some of you may already know, the Antonov AN-225 paid a special visit to Manchester some three weeks ago. Anyway a couple of days ago (out of boredom) I basically decided to do a reconstruction of her visit in Flight Sim. She stayed in Manchester for a total of four days and when she finally departed (two days late), she took stage equipment for a Snoop Dogg concert to Lagos, Nigeria via Tripoli for the weekend after. Anyway, time for the screenshots me thinks....
1st October 2006 - The Arrival
Aircraft: Antonov An-225 Mriya
Airline: Antonov Airlines
Registration: UR-82060
Flight Number: ADB116F
Origin Airport: Shijiazhuang - Zhengding (SJW / ZBSJ), China
Arrival Airport: Manchester (MAN/EGCC), United Kingdom
Cruise Altitude: 32,000ft
Cruise Speed: Mach .85
Seen shortly before beginning our descent over the North Sea For Manchester.
The flightdeck. I don't even know what half of it means as it's in Russian
After a fairly steep and fast descent we being our approach over the Pennines of the North West. Not long to go now...
"Landing gear down........... 32 greens"
Here she comes!...
Touchdown on Rwy 24R at 14:56L.
Rolling out after a smokey arrival.
Passing by a busy Aviation Viewing Park whilst on taxiway Alpha.
Seen at approx midnight during a good night's rest on Stand 80.
2nd October 2006 - Rest Day
Sat on the ramp idle all day.
3rd October 2006 - Loading Begins
The three 45ft curtainsider vehicles are about to enter her belly (3 Scania R124 6x2/4 420's to be exact )
4th October 2006 - Loading Continues
Now delayed by two days and she's still being loaded.
Finally it looks like we're all set. The next ETD is now 12:00 tomorrow.
Gotta love this 'Granny Flat' of a cockpit
5th October 2006 - Departure Day
Aircraft: Antonov An-225 Mriya
Airline: Antonov Airlines
Registration: UR-82060
Flight Number: ADB1264
Origin Airport: Manchester (MAN/EGCC), United Kingdom
Arrival Airport: Tripoli (TPI/HLLT), Libya
Cruise Altitude: 32,000ft
Cruise Speed: Mach .83
Looks like we can finally make a move. The flight crew prepare for departure.
...And we're off! Slowly taxiing towards the runway for takeoff on a wet and misty morning.
Swinging onto Rwy 24L for takeoff. Time for the 10 minute engine run
Beginning to rotate a fair way down the runway.
Climbing into the mist and murk at 12:09L.
Making a sharp left turn on the HON 1Y SID out of Manchester.
On course for Tripoli as we slowly climb to our cruise altitude.
That's about it for now folks, hope you enjoyed it All comments and queries welcome.
Cheers,
Dale
As some of you may already know, the Antonov AN-225 paid a special visit to Manchester some three weeks ago. Anyway a couple of days ago (out of boredom) I basically decided to do a reconstruction of her visit in Flight Sim. She stayed in Manchester for a total of four days and when she finally departed (two days late), she took stage equipment for a Snoop Dogg concert to Lagos, Nigeria via Tripoli for the weekend after. Anyway, time for the screenshots me thinks....
1st October 2006 - The Arrival
Aircraft: Antonov An-225 Mriya
Airline: Antonov Airlines
Registration: UR-82060
Flight Number: ADB116F
Origin Airport: Shijiazhuang - Zhengding (SJW / ZBSJ), China
Arrival Airport: Manchester (MAN/EGCC), United Kingdom
Cruise Altitude: 32,000ft
Cruise Speed: Mach .85
Seen shortly before beginning our descent over the North Sea For Manchester.
The flightdeck. I don't even know what half of it means as it's in Russian
After a fairly steep and fast descent we being our approach over the Pennines of the North West. Not long to go now...
"Landing gear down........... 32 greens"
Here she comes!...
Touchdown on Rwy 24R at 14:56L.
Rolling out after a smokey arrival.
Passing by a busy Aviation Viewing Park whilst on taxiway Alpha.
Seen at approx midnight during a good night's rest on Stand 80.
2nd October 2006 - Rest Day
Sat on the ramp idle all day.
3rd October 2006 - Loading Begins
The three 45ft curtainsider vehicles are about to enter her belly (3 Scania R124 6x2/4 420's to be exact )
4th October 2006 - Loading Continues
Now delayed by two days and she's still being loaded.
Finally it looks like we're all set. The next ETD is now 12:00 tomorrow.
Gotta love this 'Granny Flat' of a cockpit
5th October 2006 - Departure Day
Aircraft: Antonov An-225 Mriya
Airline: Antonov Airlines
Registration: UR-82060
Flight Number: ADB1264
Origin Airport: Manchester (MAN/EGCC), United Kingdom
Arrival Airport: Tripoli (TPI/HLLT), Libya
Cruise Altitude: 32,000ft
Cruise Speed: Mach .83
Looks like we can finally make a move. The flight crew prepare for departure.
...And we're off! Slowly taxiing towards the runway for takeoff on a wet and misty morning.
Swinging onto Rwy 24L for takeoff. Time for the 10 minute engine run
Beginning to rotate a fair way down the runway.
Climbing into the mist and murk at 12:09L.
Making a sharp left turn on the HON 1Y SID out of Manchester.
On course for Tripoli as we slowly climb to our cruise altitude.
That's about it for now folks, hope you enjoyed it All comments and queries welcome.
Cheers,
Dale
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